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Walnuts sauce

The walnut sauce is a typical sauce of Ligurian cuisine and is often used to combine with pasta, such as traditional
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients
  

  • 80 g shelled walnuts
  • 1 glove of garlic
  • 100 ml milk
  • a pinch of salt
  • 40 g white bread
  • 50 g grated parmesan
  • 50 g extra virgen olive oil

Instructions
 

  1. In a little bowl soak the white bread with milk for a few minutes until the milk is totally absorbed
  2. Then put all the ingredients in a blender: walnuts, soaked white bread with all the milk, a pinch of salt and parmesan cheese.
  3. Mix the ingredients for 10/15 seconds at medium speed.
  4. With a rubber spatula, gather the mixture and repeat mixing them for a few seconds more until it gets smooth and creamy
  5. If it results too thick, add a little bit of milk.
  6. Your sauce is ready!!!
  7. You can store it in a glass jar in the fridge for 4/5 days.   It’s fantastic to combine with pasta

Notes

  • while you’re cooking pasta, remove an half cup of this hot water and add a little bit of it to the sauce to make it creamier. Season the pasta with this tasty and delicious sauce. You can topping the dish with some walnut kernel.