Name: Watercress and walnut pesto with pasta recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Ingredients: 300-400g tagliatelle, or your favourite pasta; 2tbsp capers, rinsed

By GoodtoKnow

published 30 April 2014

in Recipes

This tasty pasta recipe from Woman's Weekly looks fancy but is actually super simple. Walnuts and watercress blitz up into a delicious pesto that clings to every strand of the tagliatelle pasta to create a hearty, filling dish. Best of all, you can have it on the table in just in 15 minutes! Perfect served warm or cold the next day for lunch.

Ingredients

300-400g tagliatelle, or your favourite pasta
2tbsp capers, rinsed

For the pesto:

60g walnut pieces
75-100g bag fresh watercress, chopped
1 small clove garlic,peeled and chopped
3tbsp olive oil
1tbsp horseradish sauce, optional
50-60g Parmesan cheese, freshly grated

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Method

Cook the tagliatelle in boiling salted water, according to pack instructions.
To make the pesto: Put the walnuts, roughly chopped watercress, garlic, oil and horseradish, if using, in a blender, or in a big jug and use a stick blender to make it smooth. Add the Parmesan, mix in and season to taste.
Drain the tagliatelle, keeping a little water in it, then stir the pesto through. Serve in 4 warmed dishes, and sprinkle pasta with capers.

Top Tip for making Watercress and walnut pesto with pasta

If you want to use half the pesto for 2 people, the rest will keep in a jar in the fridge for a week.

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