Marlena de blasi recipes for chicken

Another dish from our first evening together in Saint Louis. With this one, Fernando needed no coaxing. In fact, when he had finished he asked if he might have "un altra goccia di salsa, another drop of sauce." I set a little dish of it before him, and he proceeded to spread it on crusts of bread, eating the little tidbits between sips of red wine.

Marlena de blasi recipes for chicken

I tried it that way, too, and ever since, we always make extra sauce, keeping it on hand for other uses. See suggestions below.

The Pasta

Cook a pound of fresh tagliatelle, fettucine, or other "ribbon" pasta in abundant, sea-salted boiling water to the al dente stage, drain, and toss with 1 1/2 cups of the following sauce.

If fresh pasta is not available, substitute dried artisinal pasta.

The Sauce
Makes about 2 cups

• 8 ounces shelled walnuts, lightly roasted

• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• Several gratings of nutmeg

• Sea salt and just-cracked pepper

• 1/4 cup ol