Pasta Primavera (e79)

Buon giorno a tutti. In this episode, Spring has sprung, and Nonna Mia, la nonna di tutti (everyone's grandmother), is inspired to make pasta primavera. Primavera literally means Spring! So, unsurprisingly, this is a pasta dish that calls for a lot of vegetables. Here, Nonna makes pasta for 6, and uses just over 10 cups of fresh vegetables to a pound of pasta.
Apart from vegetables and the pasta, you will need extra virgin olive oil, garlic/onions, basil, 1/2 cup of cream and freshly grated cheese.
The beauty of this dish is that you can use whatever vegetables that are locally in season - whatever vegetables you love. So, use Nonna's as a guide, and augment to suit your own favourite veggies.
To a cold pan, she adds 1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil, 3-4 cloves of sliced garlic, 1/2 a red onion, sliced finely and a pinch of hot chilies - to suit your taste. She lets that cook about 2 minutes.
She starts with one red and one yellow pepper because they take a little longer to cook. That's just over 2 cups of sliced peppers. Next one zucchini and 5 mushrooms, sliced are incorporated.
Nonna puts a well-salted pot on the boil and selects her pasta of choice - here she uses casareccia.
A cup of sugar snaps and 10 sliced asparagus are added, and she continues to sauté. Toward the end, she adds 2 cups of cherry tomatoes, and a cup of green onions / scallions.
Cook the pasta a minute less than instructed and add it into the vegetables. You want it to absorb the flavours and finish cooking together. Nonna adds two 'copinos' ladles of pasta water - you may need more - it will depend on how much liquid you prefer.
She seasons with sea-salt and freshly cracked pepper and adds in 1/2 cup of cream, allowing it to simmer for the sauce to thicken up a bit. She then adds a big handful of fresh basil and 1/2 cup of freshly grated Grana Padana cheese, transfers to the platter, and tops again with more Grana Padana.
Buon appetito!
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[@corvettelady58]

Adding items to grocery list will be making really soon! Love your video! ❤

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Grazie tanto. 🤗🤗

[@elainewinslow9800]

I can,t wait to make this!❤️

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Thank you for writing bella 🤗

[@AuntieDee]

One of my absolute favorites!!!! I’m going to make this!!

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Grazie cara Doris - I am so happy that you like this dish. Me too! So healthy too! Thank you for subscribing! xx

[@franceskloos1297]

Wow you made it look so easy and just what I needed for a springtime dish for this weekend so many fresh vegetables at the farm stands now, thank you for showing me how easy it is, have a great weekend!!!

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Perfect! A visit to the market and you will have yourself a beautiful pasta! Enjoy the lovely spring weather bella. A presto! xx

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One of my favourite recipes, Mrs. Tulipani! So exciting that you have become famous everywhere with your good cooking and your friendly ways. I also made the calzones! They were also amazing. Thank you so much.

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Grazie mille bella. I'm so grateful that you took the time to subscribe and to write me! And even more that you made the calzones! Brava! Bacioni! xx

[@Thechristianrealtor]

Love her! She's such a cute Italian grandma!!!! Reminds me of my MIMI...!

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Grazie cara Adriana - it is so sweet of you to say. I really appreciate it. Bacioni bella. xx

[@danieladowning4289]

Definitely going to try this one! So 😋

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So good! And healthy too. 😘😘😘

[@joycecameron3691]

A lovely dish by a Lovely Nonna. You are an inspiration to all who want to learn to cook. Everything you make looks awesome. Grazie Mille Nonna Mia. Xo

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Grazie Mille bella! 😍😍

[@laurachiaramida5837]

I always forget about this fish. I've made one similar a few times and it was a big hit. Not sure why I don't make it more often. Yours looks amazing. Xo

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Grazie cara Laura. This is the perfect time for this dish too. Not too heavy and lots of great seasonal choices. xox

[@janeporter555]

Great little video. Thanks for all the tips and all the enthusiasm!

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Grazie mille cara Jane! Thank you so much for writing me! xx

[@Brown51Sugar]

Looks delicious

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Thank you so much. It is easy and tasty! xx

[@Magradon]

I am making this tonight. Thank you for the recipe and lovely video! :)

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Prego bella.

[@cindysquirrelloffgrid9514]

wow, you made that look so easy to make and it looks lip smacking good

[@nonnamia7890]

Grazie bella. The good news it is that easy! And yes, delicious!! 😍

[@francescoscaglione5182]

Nonna I didn't know about pasta primavera, I think I never tasted it, but it looks REALLY tasty. Besides that it's so colourful 😃☀️❤

[@nonnamia7890]

Buon giorno caro Francesco..yes, pasta primavera is more of a North American/Italian dish. It was made famous through a 1977 article in the New York Times after appearing in a NYC restaurant, La Cirque. Buon appetito! It is so delicious. Vibrant!

[@francescoscaglione5182]

@@nonnamia7890 interesting. Thanx nonna for the news 😃👍❤