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FRESH PASTA WITH PESTO, RICOTTA AND WALNUTS
325 g or 9 sheets of fresh lasagna
20 g butter
130 g walnuts toasted
200 g soured cream
125 g mascarpone
75 g pecorino cheese, grated
1 tbsp olive oil
2 large leeks chopped
200 g ricotta
125 g pesto
1
cut the lasagna sheets into half and then into triangles and reserve
2
place the walnuts in a food processor and grind, mix the soured cream with the mascarpone cheese in a bowl add 50g of the pecorino cheese and whisk in the olive oil
3
melt the butter in a pan and sweat the leeks until tender; remove from the fire and add half the mascarpone mixture and keep warm
stir the ground walnuts into the remaining cheese mixture and warm for 30 seconds in the microwave
4
mix the pesto and ricotta cheese together and warm for 30 seconds in the microwave
bring a large pan of lightly salted water to a rolling boil; add the pasta triangles and once the water starts boiling again, cook for just 3 minutes
5
drain the pasta and arrange 12 triangles on a large, greased grill pan, top each one with a spoonful of ricotta and pesto mixture
place another pasta triangle on top and spread 6 with the leek and cheese mixture and 6 with the walnut and mascarpone mixture
6
place another pasta triangle on each one and top 6 with the remaining leek and cheese mixture and the other six with the walnut and mascarpone mixture.
7
sprinkle the top with the rest of the grated pecorino cheese
place under a hot grill for about 4 minutes, until heated through and just beginning to brown
place two different triangle stacks on each plate and garnish with dill, or parsley or basil and walnuts and serve