Summer tagliatelle with buffalo mozzarella

AUTHOR
Sheila Zhang
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
3.4 5
COOK TIME
25 mins
TOTAL TIME
25 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 50 g Pine nuts
  • 400 g ribbon noodles (e.g. tagliatelle)
  • 7-10 Tbsp salt, pepper
  • 50 g Pecorino cheese (piece; alternatively parmesan)
  • 1 Organic Lemon
  • 1 collar flat leaf parsley
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Olive oil
  • 125 g Buffalo mozzarella

Directions

  1. 1

    Roast the pine nuts in a pan without fat until golden brown, take them out and let them cool down. Cook the pasta in 3-4 l boiling salted water (1 teaspoon salt per litre) according to package instructions.

  2. 2

    Meanwhile grate the pecorino finely. Wash the lemon hot, dry it and grate the peel thinly. Halve the lemon and squeeze it. Wash parsley, shake dry, pluck off leaves and chop finely.

  3. 3

    Approx. 2⁄3 of pine nuts finely crushed in a mortar.

  4. 4

    Remove 4-5 tablespoons of the pasta cooking water. Mix with crushed and whole pine nuts, pecorino, lemon peel and juice, parsley and olive oil. Drain the pasta and put it back into the pot. Mix the sauce with the pasta, season to taste with salt and pepper.

  5. 5

    Pluck the mozzarella, pour over it and serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
660 kcal
CARBS
76 g
FATS
26 g
PROTEINS
25 g