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    Pasta with walnut and roasted pepper pesto

    The beauty of chunky pesto is that you can distinguish the flavours and textures of the individual elements. Having said that, if you can’t face all that chopping, there’s no shame in simply whizzing it in the food processor.

    Serves: 4

    Ingredients

    200g roasted red peppers (from a jar), finely chopped

    1 red chilli,  finely chopped (deseeded, if liked)

    75g walnuts, roughly chopped

    1 garlic clove, crushed

    25g pack  at leaf parsley, leaves roughly chopped

    85ml extra virgin olive oil, plus extra to serve

    400g essential Waitrose elicoidali pasta

    100g essential Waitrose

     

    Italian ricotta

    freshly grated parmigiano reggiano, to serve

    Method

    1. To make the pesto, put the peppers, chilli, walnuts, garlic and parsley in a bowl. Mix them all together well, then stir in the olive oil. Season with salt to taste.

    2. Cook the pasta in boiling salted water according to pack instructions. Drain and reserve a cupful of the cooking liquid. Toss the pesto and 3 tbsp cooking liquid through the pasta until it’s coated in a silky sauce. Divide between plates and serve with dollops of ricotta, a good grating of parmesan and an extra drizzle of olive oil, if liked.

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