Pasta Primavera with Pistachios and Mozzarella

The zucchini, cauliflower, tomatoes, and peas make the sauce sweet. Combined with pecorino, salted pistachios, and melty mozz, this is divine (and healthy!). This is an AMAZING recipe to learn how to layer a sauce and build flavor. You build flavor by tending to each ingredient/layer and then bringing them together to create one sauce. There are a ton of different ways to build sauces (there are simple Italian pasta sauces, fairly complex French classic sauces to serve with fish or meat, Asian flavored pan sauces, etc). In this case you caramelize the vegetables, then bring them together, add tomato paste, stock, pasta water, and Parmesan, and it’s delicious. This isn’t quick it takes a good 35-40 min to cook everything and eventually get it to a point where it’s full of flavor and thick but it is worth it! Please taste your vegetables as you are cooking and make sure they’re cooked properly and seasoned well. Absolutely delicious spring or summer recipe. Try it out with this loose guide below and improve your sauce-building skills today!