Creamy kale pasta with parmesan and roasted walnuts
DESCRIPTION
One of my favorite pasta dishes! Creamy kale, parmesan, white wine, lemon and roasted walnuts. A perfect combo! It’s also quite quick to make and goes great to make on a hike, as can be seen on the pictures below.
INGREDIENTS (4 Portions)
Creamy kale sauce
2-3 shallots
2-3 garlic cloves
A nub of butter and some olive oil
3 dl white wine
1 vegetable stock cube
100 g of kale (ish)
2-3 dl cream
50 g parmesan
1 lemon
Topping
50 g of walnuts, or other nuts or seeds of your choice
50 g parmesan
Some of the lemon from above
Freshly ground black pepper
Other
500 g pasta that goes well with creamy sauces
INSTRUCTIONS
Finely chop the shallots and garlic. Fry in oil and butter together with salt and pepper on medium heat for 5-10 min, it shouldn’t get any color.
Add 3 dl of white wine, reduce to half. Add the stock cube.
Add the kale. Fry a few minutes until it gets a bit soft.
Add the cream. Bring to a boil.
Add the parmesan. Bring to a boil. Season with salt, pepper and the zest and juice from 0.5-1 lemon (save some for garnish). Taste and adjust seasoning with more salt or lemon if necessary.
Roast the walnuts in a dry pan until golden. Roughly chop.
Boil pasta al dente. Drain and combine the pasta with the creamy kale sauce.
Plate and top the pasta with more parmesan, freshly ground black pepper, lemon zest and the roasted walnuts!
Below you have some pictures from when I cooked this on a hike in Katterjåkk, summer 2020! If you’re only taking a day hike you don’t even need a cooler.
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