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  • 100g pistachios
    unsalted
  • 80g ricotta
  • 75g parmesan
    grated
  • 25g smoked speck
  • white part of 4 spring onions
    chopped
  • 100ml extra-virgin olive oil
  • for frying butter
  • such as penne short pasta
    maccheroni or fusilli 

Nutrition:

  • kcal855
  • fat49.2g
  • carbs80.7g
  • protein27.5g
  • salt1.09g

Method

  • step 1

    Parboil two thirds of the pistachios, discarding any papery skin. lightly toast and finely crush the remainder. cook the spring onions with the speck in a little butter till soft but not coloured.

  • step 2

    Blitz the parboiled nuts with the spring onions, speck and a little of the oil in a food processor, then stir the resulting paste, crushed nuts, parmesan and remainder of the extra-virgin olive into the ricotta.

  • step 3

    Cook the pasta and drain, leaving a little of the cooking water in the saucepan. stir in the pistachio sauce and serve with more grated parmesan.

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