Ferricelli with walnuts and toasted breadcrumbs

Ferricelli with walnuts and toasted breadcrumbs

Main dishes

Ferricelli with walnuts and breadcrumbs, a specialty from the Basilicata region of Italy, made with pasta shaped like a horseshoe and chopped walnuts.

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Walnut and breadcrumb-filled ferelli are a traditional main course from Basilicata, particularly popular in the towns of the Agri Valley and the Lucanian Dolomites. These biscuits are made with pasta shaped like a horseshoe, chopped walnuts, and breadcrumbs.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time15 min
  • Resting5 min
  • Total40 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • Cooking methodfrying pan
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.34
  • $0.09
  • $0.59
  • $0.03

Directions

  1. Finely chop the bread and the walnuts, separately. ≈ 8 min
  2. In a large frying pan, heat a generous amount of oil and sauté the crushed garlic clove until fragrant.
  3. Remove the garlic and then sauté the chopped breadcrumbs.
  4. Cook the pasta in a large pot of salted water.
  5. Drain them, pour them into the frying pan, and mix with the breadcrumbs.
  6. Serve with a sprinkle of chopped walnuts. ≈ 2 min

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 400 g of ferricelli (Calabrian pasta)
  • 20 walnut halves
  • 80 g of stale bread crust
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • salt

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