Wonderful Walnuts

I hadn't realised that I didn't post this before I went away, I'm so sorry, anyway enjoy....

Last night we didn't really want anything too full on, after having a mini greek meze at lunch, dinner by the fire watching silly films seemed like the most delicious idea. I didn't really want to 'cook' as such so pasta was the first thing to spark and idea. As you all know I have a cook's crush on Diana Henry and using her blueprint for a walnut pesto I set to making that. It was so simple and quick and of course utterly delicious.


This is simplicity:

Soak a piece of bread (make sure it has some structure to it) in a bit of water for about 10 mins, squeeze out the excess and pop into a blender or pestle and mortar.

100g of shelled walnuts
1 clove of garlic
Olive oil about 4 tbsp
Cream about 125ml
Parmesan, about 50g
Salt and Pepper

I would add lemon zest, about half a lemon because I think it needs a kick of something else


Bash the walnuts, bread and garlic together, add the other ingredients until it resembles a pesto like consistency. Boil the water for your pasta, tagliatelle, fetuccine or parpadelle would be good. Cook the pasta, add two tbsp of the pasta water to the pesto, drain the pasta, stir the pesto through, season and top with parsley and a bit more parmesan!

YUM

Enjoy!