Recipe for Pasta with Capers, Olives and Pine Nuts

Recipe Ingredients: 3  tbsp butter 3  ounces olive oil 3  cloves garlic, minced 3  ounces Pine Nuts 15  ounces sliced black olives 3  tbsp capers 1  tbsp basil 1  tbsp oregano 1  tsp flat parsley 1  pound pasta   salt, to tatse   black pepper, ground to taste 2  ounces Parmesan cheese Cooking Directions: 1.  Combine the butter with the oil and heat over medium heat in a large saute pan. Add the garlic and pine nuts, reduce the heat to low, and continue to cook until the nuts are just beginning to turn golden in color. Add the olives, capers, and herbs. Toss until the products are incorporated and heated thoroughly. Cook the pasta in a large saucepot of boiling salted water until al dente. Drain well. Toss the drained pasta with the nut-olive mixture over medium heat until the products are incorporated and heated thoroughly. Season to taste with salt and black pepper.     Pine Nuts (Pignolias) A deliciously fresh pine nut ideally used in baking, cakes, cookies, salads and pesto sauce. All recipes are listed in good faith and Nuts.com fully respects copyright protection and private property of original recipe authors. If a recipe is listed against an author's wishes, please contact us and we will remove the recipe immediately.