These Spaghetti with Pistachio Sauce are perfect for when you don’t have much time but want something a little bit special. When cooking a quick lunch we tend to make pasta with tomato sauce or something even more basic forgetting that tasty recipes don’t always take long to make. I had never tried Spaghetti with Pistachio and today I decided that I wanted to treat myself to something I had never made before - something that I could prepare from start to finish in only 15 minutes.

Lemon and Ricotta Spaghetti is a very special and easy dish. I usually make my pasta sauces with a tomato base but I sometimes like to indulge with a Ricotta base which creates a very creamy sauce. The lemon zest in this recipe really gives this pasta a lot of character and even though it’s a very autumnal dish, you will be reminded of summer once you taste it.

Today I decided to cook something a little different which reminds me of the times spent in Puglia: Spaghetti with Eggplant and Taralli. For those who don’t know Taralli: they are a very common snack in the southern Italian Peninsula. They are like a mix of breadsticks and crackers and are absolutely delicious. Taralli come in various different tastes, the original ones are just with olive oil but fennel and peperoncino are also eaten a lot.

The following recipe will give you a great pasta dough knowledge and from there you can experiment and play as much as you like making tagliatelle, linguine, ravioli or even penne!