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Pine nuts and marjoram pasta Recipe
by Giulia Robert

Pine nuts and marjoram pasta

A very simple and very tasty dish: you can prepare this sauce while the pasta cooks (and you'll have some time to spare), and it won't disappoint you!

Rating: 5/5
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Prep time: Italy Italian
Cook time: Servings: 2

Ingredients

  • 160 g pasta (I usually use the "short sleeves" or something like that, preferably striped pasta -today I hadn't any, so I used the "wolf eyes", smooth pasta)
  • 40 g unsalted butter
  • 40 g pine nuts
  • marjoram
  • grated Parmigiano cheese
  • salt (for pasta)

Directions

  1. Put a pot of salted water to boil. When the water boils, toss the pasta in (if you use pasta like the "short sleeves", it takes about 12 minutes to be ready).
  2. Meanwhile, chop roughly the pine nuts (in a mixer, with the bottom of a glass, with a rolling pin or other tool).
  3. Then, take a little pot or a pan and melt the butter: when melted, add the chopped pine nuts, marjoram (as much as you want .. for me, a lot , because I like its nice scent) and a tablespoon of cooking water.
  4. Cook for a minute or two, to mix all the flavours, then turn off the heat.
  5. When the pasta is ready (slightly underdone, for me), drain it (not too much) and dress it with the pine nuts and marjoram sauce; then, finally, add a generous sprinkling of grated Parmesan cheese (as you can see in the picture, the sauce adheres to pasta perfectly, the cheese goes springly… it's simply delicious!).