Italian Cooking: Pasta all'Arancia (Orange Pasta with Ricotta)
I had this recipe from an Italian cooking website that no longer exists, incucina.tv Pasta all'arancia, 'orange pasta'. I had already made pasta al limone, which my friends really love. Now it's orange. Ingredients 350 g pasta (I used fettuccine) 125 g ricotta (similar to mató cheese) 1 courgette (zucchini) 1 orange 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil Salt and pepper Method Put 3 litres of water in a pot; when it boils, add salt and the pasta, along with the courgette cut into rounds. Meanwhile, carefully remove the orange peel and chop it finely, then squeeze the juice. Keep a few pieces aside for decoration. Put the ricotta in a serving bowl, loosen it with half a glass of hot water (from the pasta water) and work it with a wooden spoon until creamy, then add the orange juice and peel and mix well. Add a little salt and 4 tablespoons of oil, a little white pepper and mix everything well. Cook the pasta al dente, then drain it, but not completely, and add it to the ...