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    Sarsa de noxi,
    Salsa di noci,
    Walnut sauce

  • 250 gr. (9 oz) walnut kernels (or 1 k./2 lbs whole walnuts)
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 25 g (0,8 oz) curd
  • 50 g. (2 oz) pine nuts
  • 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
  • the pith of 2 bread rolls
  • marjoram
  • salt

    Peel the kernels after having dropped them in boiling water for a few moments; chop them very finely with the bread pith (soaked in milk and squeezed), garlic, salt, marjoram and pine nuts.
    Dilute the mixture with the curd (or with Ricotta/cottage cheese and milk) and the oil. Mix until the sauce becomes a fine cream.
    This sauce may also be used for trenette (a sort of "flat" spaghetti) or "mandilli de saea" (fazzoletti di seta, "silk handkerchiefs"), a kind of Ligurian pasta similar to smaller square lasagne, cooked as other non-stuffed egg pasta.
    Remember to take out a couple of spoonfuls of the water: you can use it to dilute the sauce.
    The walnut sauce cannot be deep frozen, but it lasts several days in the fridge.