tagliatelle with zucchini flowers

Ingredients

2/3 cup olive oil

2 garlic cloves chopped

small bunch of basil chopped

small bunch of marjoram chopped

2 pounds zucchini flowers cleaned

salt and pepper

1 pound tagliatelle

grated Parmesan

Preparation.

First is how to clean the zucchini.

I found this video on youtube.

http://www.italianfoodnet.com/eng/video/how-to-clean-zucchini-flowers

The process is simple. 

You leave one inch stalk.

You remove the small leaves that are protruding at the bottom, they are slightly prickly.

You remove the pistil inside the flower.

Then wash it and let it dry. I used a lettuce leave spinning drier thingie.

Boil water and add salt.

Throw in the tagliatelle, you now have around 10 minutes.

So wait for 5 then

Heat up the olive oil to medium heat.

Add the garlic, make sure it doesn't burn or brown. When you get a little color

throw in the chopped greens and the zucchini flowers.

Cook for 2 minutes till the zucchini flowers soften up.

By now your pasta should be ready, drain it while keeping 1 cup of pasta water.

Throw the pasta on the frying pan and cook it with the zucchini flowers

add a little pasta water to get a sauce.

The key here is to get a sauce that is not watery, so turn the high heat on and shake the pan.

Look closely at the sauce till it reaches a I'm a sauce but I am no watery level.

If you missed the slot, add a little water and try again.

e voila

throw some grated Parmesan and pepper and you are done.

Delicious.