Pasta with Walnuts

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Fettuccine with Walnuts 

Pasta with walnuts isone of those simple dishes that can be made in just 15 minutes.  This is the kind of meal I make for myselfwhen my daughter is insisting she wants chicken fingers and fries and I’m justnot in the mood.  This classic meal isall about simplicity.  With just a fewsimple ingredients it’s easy to make a plate of walnut fettuccine with aluxurious feel that won’t leave you feeling like this is a copout tocooking.  So when she’s demandingsomething relatively simple to make for dinner like hotdogs and beans and Iwant something else, this is one of my go to meals.  What are some of your favorite dinners thatare easy enough to make for one.  Oh andfor the record my tween daughter took one look at this luscious plate of pastaand declared “THAT LOOKS DISGUSTING”.   Oh well. You can’t please everyone.  Iassure you that if you like walnuts the pasta is wonderful.        


Pastawith WalnutsPreptime: 5 min Cooktime: 10 min
Ingredientsfor One

• 1 ounce of choppedwalnuts
• 1 tbsp butter
• 3 tbsp heavy cream
• 1 clove of sliced garlic
• 3-4 ounces of glutenfree fettuccine 
• fresh parsley
• grated Parmigiano Reggianoor Locatelli Romano cheese

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Instructions

1. Cook the fettuccineaccording to the package instructions and once the pasta is 5 minutes from donemake the sauce so that the cooked pasta will be added to the pan at the righttime.
2. In a pan that’s large enoughto fit the finished pasta add the butter and garlic and allow the garlic tosauté for a minute or two but don’t overcook it or it will get bitter.  (see note 2)
3. Add the cream and somesalt and pepper to taste and stir to combine.  
4. Add the cooked pasta andstir to combine.  If the pasta andhappens to look too dry as you stir it through the sauce you can loosen it upwith a few spoons of the pasta cooking water. 
5. Add the walnuts, grated cheese and parsleyand stir to combine then as you serve the pasta twist the fettuccine into anest on the plate to maintain the heat. 

Notes

1. To make a batch of fresh gluten freefettuccine  be sure to check to out my friend Brenda’s video on making freshgluten free pasta.  (Click Here)
2. To add a more complex salinity to thedish, I often add two anchovy fillets to pan and break them up while I’mtoasting the garlic.