Most people think of cooking and eating pasta as a savory dish. But you will find a hidden treasure if you try preparing a sweet version of this generally loved ingredient: sweet pasta and walnuts pudding, bursting with flavors, creating with each spoon a race for your taste buds towards fulfilment and joy. This bowl doesn't need a lot of convincing, it's just something you must try, fall in love with it and come back from time to time as a zelidecious breakfast, decadent early dinner or rich dessert!

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 1 L full fat milk
• 200 gr. of short-cut pasta (whatever you prefer:farfalle, fusilli, macaroni, penne, rigate etc.)
• pinch of salt
• 50 gr. sugar
• zest from 1 lemon and 1 orange
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp vanilla powder
• 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 100 gr. ground walnuts

Method:

1. Place the milk in a large pot and bring it to a boil over medium-high heat. 
2. Once the milk starts to boil, turn the heat to medium-low, add the pastas, sugar and pinch of salt. Leave to simmer so it cooks slowly and the milk will not burn. Keep an eye on the pot at all times and stir continuously. 
3. When the pastas are cooked (according to the time indicated on package or by tasting), turn off the heat and put aside the pot. Add the zest from the lemon and orange, cinnamon, ground nutmeg, vanilla powder and ground walnuts. Stirr well and leave the pudding to sit at least 1h before serving, so the pasta will absorb the milk and flavors and will become a zelidecious pudding.
4. Divide between 4 bowls, sprinkle some cinnamon, chopped walnuts and fresh lemon zest.

Enjoy!