Cook the Book: Pasta with Parsley and Toasted Walnut Sauce

Name: Cook the Book: Pasta with Parsley and Toasted Walnut Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 473 milliliters packed fresh parsley leaves, coarsely chopped; 2 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped; 177 milliliters mild walnut oil or extra-virgin olive oil; 59 milliliters grated Parmigiano-Reggiano; 4 servings salt; 454 grams spaghetti; 59 milliliters toasted walnuts, coarsely chopped

Cook the Book: Past From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up parsley leaves, garlic, spaghetti, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

For the sauce: Using a mortar and pestle, crush the garlic, walnuts, and a large pinch of salt together.

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Walnuts

Garlic

Sauce

Salt

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Mortar And Pestle

Add the parsley a handful at a time and continue crushing and grinding with the pestle to make a fine paste.

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Parsley

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Mortar And Pestle

Add the cheese, crushing it into the paste.

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Cheese

Drizzle in the oil in a thin, steady stream, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon. Season the sauce with salt. This makes about 1 cup sauce.

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Sauce

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Wooden Spoon

To make the sauce in a blender (or food processor): Grind the garlic, walnuts, a large pinch of salt, parsley, and 1/2 cup of the oil in the blender until smooth.

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Parsley

Walnuts

Garlic

Sauce

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Food Processor

Blender

Transfer the sauce to a bowl and stir in the cheese and the remaining oil.Season the sauce with salt.

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Cheese

Sauce

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Bowl

Cook the spaghetti in a large pot of boiling salted water over medium-high heat until just cooked through, about 12 minutes.

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Spaghetti

Water

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Pot

Drain the pasta, reserving 1/4 cup of the cooking water. Toss the pasta in a large bowl with the sauce, loosening the sauce with some of the reserved cooking water.

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Pasta