Zucchini "Pasta" - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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2 roasted peppers
1 medium eggplant
3 medium zucchini
1 medium onion
4 garlic cloves
1 hot red pepper or 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
15 ounces tomato sauce
3 large tomatoes
1 large lemon, Zest and Juice
10 basil leaves
1/8 cup parmesan cheese
Preparation
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Roast peppers by charing peppers under the broiler and putting them into a bowl covered with saran wrap until cool and then remove skins.
Roast eggplant at 400 degrees for 30 minutes.
Make Zucchini \"pasta\" by using a vegetable peeler and making thin strips of zucchini. Cut strips length wise to make them resemble fettuccine. Or use a julienne peeler and make spaghetti style strips. Put Zucchini is a colander and salt heavily. After 20 minutes rinse zucchini and squeeze out any extra water.
Start sauce with a spray of cooking spray and add onion and garlic (and hot pepper if desired) cook until soft.
Add tomato sauce and cook 10-15min.
Add zucchini \"pasta\", fresh tomatoes and let simmer together for 5 minutes.
Add basil, lemon zest and juice.
Top with cheese and enjoy!
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