Spaghetti with goji berries & borage

Method

1. Cook the spaghetti in plenty of salted boiling water (check the packaging for cooking time).
2. While it cooks, prepare the sauce: wash the borage leaves, dry them with a paper towel and cut them into thin strips.
3. Cut the shallot into thin slices and fry it in a large non-stick skillet with abundant oil.
4. Add salt and pepper, the goji berries and, at last, the borage leaves. Stir and cook over a medium heat for 3-4 minutes.
5. Add goji juice and cook for a few more minutes (the borage leaves only need to wither).
6. Finally, generously dust with grated Pecorino cheese.
7. Drain the spaghetti 'al dente', put it into the pan with the sauce, soften with a ladle of cooking water, cook for 2 more minutes and then serve.

This recipe was created by the foodblogger Elena Levati for Noberasco

Chef's tip

This dish can be easily turned vegan by simply omitting the grated cheese. If you like, you can replace it with crumbled almonds or some flakes of nutritional yeast.

Serving suggestion

Goes well with almost any kind of dish, be it vegetable, meat or fish based. We suggest simple, light recipes.

Wine selection

Tigullio or Vermentino.

Family tip

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Dish history

Some people might know them already, but for all those who don't, here we are to introduce you to the wonderful goji berries! With a 4000% more antioxidants than oranges, these little red berries are a great help against premature cellular aging as well as a natural protection against some neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases, as well as diabetes and cancer. Here is a delicious way of enjoying them, a real Italian dish, spaghetti with goji berries and borage leaves!