how to prepare garganelli with nettles sauce

prepare the garganelli by the basic recipe

cleanse onion

rinse well nettles

cut to for rings from the middle part and grill, you will use them for garnishing

in salted water, which you will use later for boiling garganelli, scald the nettles

take from the pot as soon as the leaves soften

chop finely garlic and the remaining onion and brown in very few olive oil

add nettles

whisk until a cream

chop walnuts and keep some apart for garnishing later

add chopped walnuts to the sauce and make it dense

boil garganelli in the same water used for boiling the nettles

add pecorino cheese to the cream

cleanse and rinse the small tomatoes, cut to four slices and add to the sauce

stir and stop the heat

put some sauce onto the dish bottom

drain the garganelli, put onto the sauce and season with a little of extra virgin olive oil

garnish with the onion rings and the nuts.

Serve immediately