Spaghetti with Lemon & Herb Nut Crumb

Overview

  • 45 min
  • Serves 4
  • Easy

Ingredients

1 cup (130g) Walnuts

½ cup (75g) Natural Almonds

1 cup parmesan cheese, finely grated

Zest of 3 lemons

Large handful fresh basil leaves, roughly chopped

Large handful fresh Italian parsley, roughly chopped

¼ teaspoon dried chili flakes

Sea salt & cracked black pepper

300g dried spelt spaghetti

Extra virgin olive oil for drizzling

Instructions

1

Preheat oven to 120°celsius, layer the nuts in a single layer on a tray and roast for 15 minutes. Set aside to cool for 15 minutes before starting to cook the pasta.

2

Fill a large pot with water. Salt well and bring to the boil, add pasta and cook until al dente.

3

While the pasta is cooking, place all the nut crumb ingredients into a food processor and blitz until it is the texture of coarse breadcrumbs. Taste and season well with sea salt and cracker pepper.

4

Drain the cooked pasta, drizzle generously with the olive oil and toss to coat evenly. Sprinkle with ½ the crumb mixture and toss to combine

5

Divide pasta between four bowls and sprinkle evenly with the remaining crumb & serve immediately.

Created by Kelly Gibney