Pasta with Pistachio Sauce (Salsa di pistacchi)

Have a go at our Sicilian pasta with pistachio sauce, one of the most divine pasta dishes that island has to offer. The ingredients are simple and it’s ready in 20 minutes

course: Main course

cuisine: ITALIAN

keywords: pistachio,pasta, pistachio salsa

servings: 6

calories: 855 KCAL

Ingredients:

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

Instructions

• 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 colored.

• 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.