Pasta With Walnut Sauce

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 ounces shelled walnuts
• 1/2 garlic clove, minced
• 1 slice bread, crusts removed
• 2/3 cup whole milk
• 1 ounce grated parmesan cheese, plus more for garnish
• 3 -4 tablespoons olive oil (preferably ligurian)
• salt and pepper
• 2 lbs any flat short pasta
• 1/2 cup chopped italian parsley, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 put a large saucepan of water on to boil, and toast the walnuts in a dry frying pan until they begin to make a nutty aroma.
• 2 put the bread in a bowl and cover with the milk.
• 3 put most of the toasted walnuts (reserving about 1 ounce for garnish) into a blender along with the garlic, bread soaked in milk, and parmesan.
• 4 blend until it turns smooth and creamy, then pour in the oil and season well with salt and pepper before blending again.
• 5 pour into a bowl, and set aside.
• 6 add pasta to boiling water with salt and cook for the required amount of time.
• 7 when pasta is al dente, reserve a cup of the pasta cooking liquid and then drain the pasta, but put it in to a large bowl while it's still dripping slightly with water. sprinkle a little olive oil over the pasta to prevent it sticking together, and then add the walnut sauce, mixing it into the pasta (splash in a little pasta cooking liquid to make the sauce less thick if needed).
• 8 roughly chop the remaining walnuts and toss them over the top along with some more parmesan and the chopped parsley.