Pasta with Walnut Sauce

Pasta with Walnut Sauce is a simple Italian recipe combining clean ingredients to create the perfect sauce. The blended combination of the ricotta with the garlic, parmesan cheese and parsley makes a sublime creamy textured sauce. This sauce covers the piping hot pasta turning it into a superb main dish suitable for any table. However, this recipe is very tasty so it will become more and more requested.  I have used walnuts in this recipe but if you prefer, pine nuts create the same texture. This sauce also works well Gnocchi and admittedly I think with pan fried pork chops and rice!!!!

Pasta with Walnut Sauce

Pasta with Walnut Sauce is a simple recipe that is welcoming spring, summer, autunm and winter. The walnuts add a lovely texture taking this up a level

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Course: Main Dish

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: Nuts, Pasta

Prep Time: 3 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 14 minutes minutes

Total Time: 17 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Calories: 944kcal

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Ingredients

 

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• 1 cup ricotta cheese 250 ml
• 1 cup walnuts 250 ml, chopped
• 1/2 cup Parmesan 125 ml, grated
• 1/2 cup parsley 125 ml, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic chopped
• 1 lb spaghetti cooked, 450 g
• salt to taste
• ground pepper to taste

Instructions

• Combine all the ingredients except the cooked pasta in an electric blender/processor.
• Blend until fairly smooth - small pieces of nuts add a nice texture.
• Toss with the cooked pasta, adding a little bit of the pasta cooking water to thin the sauce if necessary.
• Serve immediately.

Nutrition

Calories: 944kcal | Carbohydrates: 90g | Protein: 36g | Fat: 53g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 28g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 1538mg | Potassium: 448mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 7g