Today, in Pécs, Hungary, my mother in low prepared lunch.

It started with tomato soup, with a few small pasta in it.

Then, the main dish was very original and very interesting: pasta with ground walnuts and apricot jam.
Instead of apricot jam, or in supplement to it, you can use powdered sugar.

First, you boiled the pasta, as usual, with a little oil in the water and a little salt, but not too much..
The pasta in Hungarian are called "széles metélt" that are very similar to tagliatelles or fettuccines.

Next, you need ground walnut. In her garden, my mother in law has a walnut tree. She has collected the walnuts, broken the shells and kept the kernels in her deep freezer.
This morning, she has put some kernels in the oven for five minutes, then ground them manually.

Then, you need apricot jam. My mother in law makes jam with fresh fruits. Last year, in July, she made several jar of apricot jam.
My wife called jokingly that this is the Obama jam", as apricot is Hungarian is "barack" (actually, it is more accurately "sárgabarack", but she uses only "barack" for apricot).

You may also use powdered sugar instead of apricot jam, or even in addition to it. For myself, I don't need to add more sugar.

Here again are all the ingredients for this dish that my wife call "dios tészta".

To eat this, in a plate, you take some pasta, sprinkled ground walnuts, add some apricot jam (all "according to taste") and mix thoroughly.

Believe me, it is delicious

This may be a surprising dish for those of us who do not think that pasta may be eaten sweet, but you have to try it to discover that it could.

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