After-work kitchen
Quick recipe for a creamy 5-minute oven pasta with zucchini
Creamy oven pasta – five minutes of work, the oven does the rest.
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Pasta is always possible, but especially when it has to be quick. This pasta with zucchini and tomatoes is ready in the oven in just five minutes. A perfect dish for after work.
The carbohydrates in the noodles provide an energy boost and are also low in fat. If the pasta is made from whole grains, it is also rich in fiber, which is good for digestion. And perhaps the best thing about pasta: it’s quick to make and extremely versatile. The quick pasta classics Aglio e Olio and Cacio e Pepe are well known, and a simple tomato sauce or pesto can also provide quick relief when you’re hungry.
But you can definitely want more in terms of cuisine. This creamy pasta with zucchini is ready for the oven in just a few extra steps and within five minutes. The pasta doesn’t even have to be pre-cooked for this dish, just the vegetables have to be chopped. Once all the ingredients are in the casserole dish, all you have to do is wait for the oven to do the rest.
This pasta is oven ready in five minutes
Ingredients
1 small zucchini
200 g cherry tomatoes
1 garlic clove, pressed
300g linguine
150 g cream cheese, e.g. with herbs, chili or plain
600ml vegetable broth
1 tbsp tomato paste
salt and pepper
Tip: Instead of zucchini, you can also choose alternative vegetables such as mushrooms or pre-cooked broccoli
- Heat the oven to 200 degrees top and bottom heat.
- Halve tomatoes. Cut the zucchini into pieces that are roughly the size of the tomato halves. Press the garlic clove.
- Place the linguine in a baking dish and spread the zucchini and tomatoes on top.
- Spread the cream cheese evenly on top and pour vegetable broth over it.
- Add the pressed garlic and tomato paste, season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Place in the oven for 25 to 30 minutes, then stir vigorously and distribute the sauce evenly.