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有效时间
20 min
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Total Time
20 min
You'll be shocked at how light yet satisfying this pasta is—it's finished in a fast garlicky almond sauce, studded with peas, and topped with chopped roasted almonds.
Ingredients
Makes 6 (main course) or 8 (side dish) servings
Step 1
Purée blanched almonds and garlic with water and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a blender until smooth.
Step 2
Cookcavatappiin a pasta pot of boiling salted water (3 tablespoons salt for 6 quarts water) until almost al dente. Reserve 3 cups pasta-cooking water and drain pasta.
Step 3
Meanwhile, heat oil and 1 tablespoon butter in a 12-inch heavy skillet (preferably straight-sided) over medium heat until foam subsides. Add almond purée and simmer, whisking occasionally, until thickened, about 3 minutes. Add 2 1/2 cups reserved cooking water, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and simmer, whisking occasionally, until slightly thickened, 3 to 4 minutes. Whisk in remaining 2 tablespoons butter until melted. Add pasta and peas and cook, stirring occasionally, until pasta is al dente (sauce will be thin), 2 to 3 minutes. Add cheese and lemon juice and stir until combined well. Remove from heat and stir in half of basil and mint and salt and pepper to taste. Serve pasta in bowls topped with chopped almonds, remaining herbs, and additional cheese.
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评论(27)
Back to TopSo what ruined this was the lemon juice and mint. The sauce is delicious and smells wonderful up until you add that, then it smells like vomit to be frank. I suggest not adding the lemon juice and mint. Otherwise it is delicious. For those saying it lacks flavor, I hope you are salting and oiling your pasta water like normal. if you use plain water then yes it will be bland.
Leahm9
indiana
2/17/2018
Very good easy recipe however, I forgot to add the peas and substituted parsley for the mint. My family thought they were eating pasta w/ Alfredo sauce. Next time I'll follow the recipe as written and compare with my mishaps. I will definitely make it again.
mybuddytank
Boston, MA
4/27/2014
Very tasty. Since I bought a huge package of basil that I didn't want to waste I added it to the almond/garlic paste to make a pesto, it was delish. I also used fresh peas, which I threw in with the pasta half way into the cooking.
natashanese
4/10/2014
Who knew almonds could be this creamy and delicious! My sister and I both loved this dish. The flavors melded very nicely together. Excellent. A keeper.
tastysausagerecipe
Brooklyn, NY
12/4/2012
This is a nice light springtime sauce. I would saute the garlic before blending, it was too harsh raw. I also added a little half and half and nutmeg for creaminess.
thelizbiz
Berkeley, CA
1/8/2012
After Reading the reviews from others about the blandness of this recipe, I adjust to increase the flavor. I used 3/4 cup vegetable stock instead of water, 3 cups of reserved pasta water, which I reduced with the almond and garlic sauce before adding the pasta and peas. I also added an extra 1/4 cup of Parmesan. It was delicious with these few adjustments. Thanks for the reviews good and bad.
caesar2528
Pittsburgh, PA
6/14/2010
I made it for the first time for dinner and was very pleased! The ingredients sound a little weird at first but ends up tasting excellent! YOU HAVE TO TRY THIS!!
Anonymous
MD
2/11/2010
We REALLY enjoyed this pasta. Made recipe as is. It is light and a perfect summer dish although I made it in the winter because I wanted to try it. Will definately be making it over the summer....I just used sliced almonds...
Anonymous
Hong Kong
1/27/2010
I made this exactly as written, except for using 16oz instead of 10oz of peas, and found it very blah. I couldn't get the sauce very smooth, which would have improved it, but the flavor of the sauce was just not very strong at all. The mint and basil added some complexity, but the almond flavor was not very strong, and even if I had added more garlic, the flavor would have been stronger but still boring. Maybe some crushed red pepper would have been a good addition. I just don't feel this recipe is worth working on to jazz it up. I'm deleting it from my recipe box.
vintagesoul
Los Angeles, CA
12/18/2009
I made this for dinner tonight and found it very bland and boring. My fiance didn't like it either. I definitely wouldn't make this again and would not recommend anyone else to make it.
desireedralle
Seattle, WA
11/8/2009
I made this a while ago...could barely eat it. Husband thought it was okay.I did not make any changes.
daniguinha
los angeles,ca
11/4/2009
Wow, was this bland. It was filling, I'll give it that. And for someone like me who doesn't like peas, it manages to disguise them pretty well -- they're only noticeable in terms of their cute little "popping" texture. Other than that, you wouldn't know they're there. A great way to sneak peas onto a pea-hater's plate. It's creamy, it's "almondy" and it's garlicky (ish), so it's okay, but by no means is it anything spectacular... :-/
Devilduckie
Live Oak, CA
8/17/2009
我非常underwhelmed. The sauce smelled great all the way through the cooking process, but somehow the finished product didn't follow through. On the other hand, my boyfriend and roommates LOVED it. I will say that the almond was a really nice textural touch.
Serendib
Los Angeles
7/3/2009
THIS IS DELICIOUS!! Easy, cheap and perfect for summer. We made it with spaghetti and it was really excellent. I would make this another time, without a DOUBT. It is great for weeknights, and it yielded tonssss of leftovers. I defnitely reccommend!
Anonymous
Santa Fe, NM
6/24/2009
we really liked this. 9.8 says my husband - 10, if I had put chicken in it...I did add 16oz of peas instead of 10 (we love peas) but pretty much followed the directions otherwise. It was surprisingly satisfying and tasty.
ekgulbran
Zionsville, IN
5/20/2009