We are going to prepare a great pasta recipe, to get away from the usual pastas such as bolognese sauce, or the very popular spaghetti carbonara, so today we will make this recipe for fettuccine in Cabrales sauce with pistachios.
We have prepared it with this variety of pasta fettuccine because they are perfect for collecting the sauce, being a wide, flat and long pasta, which is very well impregnated with the flavors that we are going to prepare today. If you want, you can also make it with Roquefort or any other variety of blue cheese.
As for the variety of pasta, you can also make this same recipe with other varieties such as tagliatelle, noodles or with the classic spaghetti that we always have at home, and although the result will not be as attractive, the flavor of the sauce will be the same.
To prepare the sauce, crumble the blue cheese and put it in a saucepan, adding the cream and keeping it over medium heat, so that it melts. start melting little by little. To integrate it like a sauce, we help ourselves with the whisk.
Meanwhile, cook the fettuccini in a tall saucepan with plenty of water and a pinch of salt. When two minutes left so that it is al dente According to the manufacturer’s instructions, we take out the pasta and put it in the pan where we have the sauce.
Sauté for two minutes so that the pasta is well impregnated with the flavor of the cheese and finishes cooking. During that time we took advantage of chop some pistachios without breaking it too much and we prepare a little more cheese to decorate.
We assemble the dish by placing the pasta on a platter, pouring sauce on top and Sprinkling with crushed pistachios and pieces of blue cheese, decorating with some fresh oregano leaves. As in all pasta recipes, we serve it to the table immediately.
HI 22012 – Asparagus or Pasta Pot, Stainless Steel, with Wire Basket, Height 21 cm
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What to serve with fettuccine in blue cheese sauce with pistachios
To accompany these fettuccine in blue cheese sauce with pistachios It is not necessary that you prepare the classic grated cheese or black pepper, since the flavor of the blue cheese is enough to enjoy this dish. You can continue with some Marsala scallops and you now have a complete Italian menu.
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