Student - September 24, 2009
Eat courgettes and save the world
If we care about the fate of the world, we should change our eating habits and go vegetarian. That is the latest message from the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.

COURGETTE PASTA
Preparation time: 40 min
Ingredients for 2 people
1 red onion, chopped
50 ml white wine vinegar
100 ml white wine
1 tablespoon ginger syrup
200 ml vegetable stock
1 tablespoon pink peppercorns (from the health food store)
200 ml soya cream
1 tablespoon Madeira
1 green courgette
1 red pepper
1 packet of cherry tomatoes
Juice of ½ an orange
Bunch of basil
Salt and pepper
200 g penne
Preparation
Sauté the onion and garlic and add the vinegar, white wine, ginger syrup and stock. Boil until the liquid is reduced by half, and add the pink peppercorns and the cream. Boil until the liquid is halved again. Add salt and pepper to taste. At the last minute, add a dash of Madeira.
Cube the courgettes. Then stir-fry a chopped onion, the courgettes and whole cherry tomatoes in olive oil in a wok for about 4 minutes, until 'al dente'. Add the orange juice and a lump of butter. Stir well and put the pan to one side.
Cook the pasta, combine it with the vegetables and the sauce and mix well. Add a generous sprinkling of basil leaves and drizzle olive oil over the top.