Orecchiette with leek and seed sauce
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- Preparation:
- Total:
- Serves: 4 persons
Ingredients
- 300 gleek
- 1 tbspolive oil
- 50 gsunflower seeds
- ¼ tspsalt
- pepper
- ½ dlwater
- 500 gpasta
- salted water
- 50 ggrated Parmesan
- ½ tbspolive oil
- 2 tbspsunflower seeds
Instructions
Step 1
Cut the leek into thin rings, set aside 50 g of the leek greens. Heat the oil in a pan. Add the leek and sunflower seeds, season, cook for approx. 5 mins. Add the water, cover and cook over a low heat for approx. 15 mins., transfer to a measuring cup.Step 2
Cook the pasta in boiling salted water until just al dente. Set aside 300 ml of cooking water, drain the pasta, return to the pan.Step 3
Pour the reserved cooking water into the measuring cup. Add the cheese, puree until smooth.Step 4
Mix the sauce with the pasta, keep warm. Heat the oil in a frying pan. Add the reserved leek greens and sunflower seeds, stir fry for approx. 5 mins. Garnish the pasta with the leek greens.