Pasta with Hazelnuts and Mascarpone
3 cups dried spaghetti
1 tbsp salt
2 tbsp olive oil
1 green chilli, chopped
2 garlic cloves, sliced
1/3 cup butter
2 tbsp hazelnut oil
2 garlic cloves
Cracked black pepper
Parmesan cheese grated
Here’s how
- Firstly cook the pasta in lots of boiling salted water for 9 minutes.
- Meanwhile cook the chopped garlic and chilli in a frying pan with the olive oil until soft.
- Add the sliced Oregon Hazelnuts and hazelnut oil, continue to cook for a further 2 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat and transfer the ingredient into a small bowl. Return the pan to the heat and add the butter and olive oil.
- Add the remaining garlic and cracked black pepper.
- While the pasta is cooking, lift out 4 tablespoons of the pasta cooking water into the pan with the garlic and butter to make an emulsion based sauce for the pasta. When the pasta is cooked, use a pair of tongs to lift out of the water and add to the sauce.
- Stir in the grated parmesan cheese.
- Sprinkle over the green chilli, garlic and Oregon Hazelnuts over the top of the cooked pasta and serve.