Pasta with creamy courgette sauce, crispy Serrano ham & burrata
Miranda Adams 9 Jul 2026 This is my most saved recipe of 2025! A really simple recipe, high in protein & suuuper delicious!
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Total
- 30 min
- Level
- Easy
- Servings
- 2 servings
Ingredients
2 servings
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150 g pasta of your choice 
4 slices serrano ham 
1 small courgette 
70 g white onions 
50 g light cottage cheese 
100 ml light cooking cream 
1 tbsp olive oil 
3 cloves garlic 
1 burrata ball
1 cup pasta water 
10 g roasted pine nuts 
1 rocket handful
pepper to taste
salt to taste
Method
- Cook the pasta according to the instructions on the packet. Reserve a cupful of the pasta water.
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Place the Serrano ham on a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake for about 10 minutes until crispy.
- Cut the courgette into wedges. Finely chop the onion and crush the garlic.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a frying pan. First sauté the onion and garlic, then add the courgette. Cook until everything is soft and season with pepper and salt.
- Blend or purée the courgette together with the cottage cheese, cooking cream, pepper and salt until smooth.
- Toast the pine nuts in a dry frying pan.
- Stir the sauce through the pasta. Add a little of the pasta water to make the sauce lovely and creamy.
- Serve the pasta with burrata, crispy Serrano ham, toasted pine nuts, rocket and extra pepper.
Nutrition (per serving)
- 650kcal
- Energy
- 35g
- Protein
- 60g
- Carbohydrates
- 30g
- Fat
Protein 22% Carbohydrates 37% Fat 41%
All nutrition values
- Calories
- 650 kcal
- Protein
- 35 g
- Carbohydrates
- 60 g
- of which sugars
- 7 g
- Fat
- 30 g
- of which saturated
- 10 g
- Fibre
- 5 g
- Salt
- 3 g
Values provided by the cook.
Allergens
Contains
- Gluten
- Milk
- Tree nuts
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