Spaghetti alla Nerano – Fried Zucchini Pasta

This beautiful pasta dish from Nerano on the Amalfi Coast is one of Stanley Tucci’s favourites for a good reason! All you need is a few simple quality ingredients to make something truly delicious. The deep-fried courgette with the fresh basil, cheese and delicious garlic oil make for a beautiful rich, creamy pasta. Traditionally it’s made with provolone del Monaco but this is tricky to find so I’ve in my version I’ve used a combination of pecorino and Grana Padano cheese. And if you want to make it vegan, just leave out the cheese, add a squeeze of lemon juice towards the end and top it with aromatic pangrattato.

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Near the Amalfi Coast, there is a little town called Nirano where they make a fantastic pasta dish just using very little ingredients. Let me show you how to make spaghetti laano. Slice the corette into the really nice and thin. Add the oil to the pan and then shallow fry them until really nice and golden. You know they are ready when they start looking like corette crisps. And then drain them from the excess oil. Season them with salt and leave them on the side. While the spaghetti are cooking, we’re going to make a very quick garlic oil. Fry the garlic for a few minutes. I cooked the spaghetti really al dente. We’re going to put them straight inside the garlic oil. Go in with a ladle of pasta water and stir it well. So that garlic oil is going to flavor the pasta. Carry on adding pasta water until this pasta is fully cooked. Cooking in this way, it will release the starch. It’s going to make it nice and creamy. Discard the garlic. Now add loads and loads of fresh basil. Then go in with most of the ka. Turn the heat off and grate the cheese straight inside. Do not be shy. Still with the heat off, add a touch of the pasta water and give it a good stir. Don’t forget a touch of black pepper. Is almost like a katcha pepper with basil and ka. I’m going to top it up with some of the ka from the pan and with some crispy ka on top. It’s beautiful. is creamy spaghetti.