Tagliatelle with walnut pesto

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Tagliatelle with walnut pesto​

Tagliatelle with walnut pesto

Walnut pesto is a variant of Pesto ‘alla genovese’. 

Ingredients - for 4 people

  • 400g fresh tagliatelle
  • ½ lemon
  • 100g walnut kernels
  • A few sprigs of parsley
  • 45g grated Parmesan cheese
  • 10 cl cream
  • olive oil
  • salt and pepper

Preparation

  1. Mix the cream with the walnut pesto and tagliatelle and serve presto!
  2. Cook the tagliatelle al dente in plenty of boiling salted water for the recommended time.
  3. Meanwhile, rinse and dry the lemon. Grate the zest over the bowl of the blender. Add half the juice, the walnuts, parsley leaves, Parmesan and 6 tbsp olive oil. Blend to a paste. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. Drain the pasta.
  5. Pour the cream into the cooking pot. Bring to the boil and reduce for 2 minutes.

Enjoy!

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