Pasta with Zucchini Speck and Cream

This is a recipe for a first course made of pasta, zucchini, speck and cream.

INGREDIENTS (for 4 people)

3 Zucchini
350 g of Pasta (Type Tortiglioni)
125 ml of Cream
2 Slices of speck
Some Parmesan (Italian cheese)
5 Tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
Salt
Pepper

PREPARATION TIME: 15 minutes

COOKING TIME: 25-30 minutes

WINE: Muller Thurgau (White Wine)

PREPARATION

Boil some water with salt for pasta. Wash, dry and cut the zucchini into small pieces as matches. Heat 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil in a pan and add in the cutted zucchini. Cook them until they wilt and become slightly golden.

Cut speck into small cubes. Heat 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil in another pan, add the cubes of speck and let them brown, then add the cream and stir it with the speck.

Continue the cooking for about 5 minutes. When zucchini are ready add to them the mixture of speck and cream and mix all together.

Preheat oven to 180 ° C. When pasta is cooked, pour the sauce on it, mix all and put all in a deep baking pan of 20 cm diamater, sprinkle with Parmesan and put in the oven for 5-10 minutes until the Paremesan is melted and the pasta is golden.

This the result:

BUON APPETITO!