Tired of pasta or keep an eye on your figure and fear them like fire? There is a worthy alternative – pumpkin spaghetti, and for them Cooking does not require a single gram of flour! Whole secret in a special sort of pumpkin whose fibers look like thin spaghetti. This recipe can be safely recommended to anyone who wants to. add more delicious vegetable dishes to your life. To him also Turkey meatballs are perfect. Especially to taste the recipe will be for those who do not really like the oven and prefer cook in the microwave. Nutrition value of one serving: (total 4) Calories 200, total fats 14 g., Saturated fats g., Proteins 4 g., carbohydrates 17 g, fiber g., cholesterol mg., sodium mg., sugar g. 
Time: 50min Difficulty: easy Portions: 4 The recipes use dimensional capacity: 1 cup (tbsp.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml 1/2 cup (tbsp.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cups (st.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1 teahouse spoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 2 tbsp. cherry grape tomatoes, cut lengthwise into halves or cut into 4 large pieces
- 1 tbsp. l finely chopped shallots
- 1 tbsp. l red wine vinegar
- 1/4 tsp red chili pepper flakes
- 1 small clove of garlic, grate
- 3 tbsp. l olive oil
- 2 tbsp. l thinly sliced basil
- 1 spaghetti pumpkin (900 gr.)
- 1/3 Art. whole milk ricotta
Recipes with similar ingredients: cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, shallots, wine vinegar, red flakes, garlic, basil, spaghetti pumpkin, ricotta cheese
Recipe preparation:
- In a medium-sized bowl, mix the tomatoes, shallots, wine vinegar, red pepper flakes, garlic, 1 tbsp. l olive oil 1 Art. l basil and 3/4 tsp salt. Leave to marinate until pumpkin is cooked, every 10 min. mix.
- Gently cut the top and bottom of the pumpkin, cutting evenly so much so that the internal pulp of the pumpkin becomes visible. Via a sharp fruit knife, make 10-12 punctures, so that throughout the surface turned out cuts with a depth of about 1.2 cm. Lay pumpkin in a medium-sized heat-resistant glass bowl and place in microwave for 5 minutes. at high power. Gently flip pumpkin and cook in the microwave at high power for about 5 more min., until the plug easily pierces the visible the flesh.
- Let the pumpkin cool so you can hold it in your hands and cut along in half. Use a spoon to scrape seeds and throw them away. Then, armed with a fork, pull out the pumpkin fibers and transfer them to a medium bowl. Add the remaining 2 tbsp. l olive oil and 1 tsp. salt. Gently mix the oil with your hands and salt into the pumpkin. Transfer to a dish and pour over the mixture with tomatoes (along with liquid). Spoon the ricotta on top and garnish with the remaining basil. Serve spaghetti warm or room temperature.
