Fettuccine with Toasted Pine Nuts

By aiati

Recipe courtesy of Jamie Davies, Food and Wine Books, Pasta.

Ingredients

• 3/4 pound fettucine
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1/3 cup pine nuts
• 3 tablespoons chopped scallions, including green tops
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper

Preparation

Step 1

1. In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the fettuccine until just done, about 12 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a medium frying pan over moderate heat. add the pine nuts and cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned, about 5 minutes.

3. Add scallions, parsley, salt and pepper and cook 1 minute longer.

4. Drain the fettuccine. Toss it with the pine-nut mixture.