Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, fresh asparagus and pesto sauce for pasta. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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How to Make Pesto and Pasta: Toss your Asparagus Pesto with al dente Pasta of choice, add a drizzle of olive oil if needed and a sprinkle of Parmesan Cheese and dinner is ready. How to store Pesto: Keep t he freshly prepared pesto in the fridge, in an airtight container, cover the sauce with a thin layer of olive oil (to keep it from drying out. Using asparagus in a pesto with olive oil, Parmigiano-Reggiano, basil and lemon juice creates a very fresh, green and spring-like sauce for pasta. Slideshow: Incredible Pesto Recipes By Kay Chun This is a new twist on pesto for all asparagus lovers!
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook fresh asparagus and pesto sauce for pasta using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Fresh Asparagus And Pesto Sauce For Pasta:
- Get 12 Asparagus tips
- Prepare 3 Baby courgettes
- Get 4 Spring onions
- Prepare 1 tsp Pesto
- Prepare 1 tbsp Fromage frais
- Take 1 tsp Soft cheese
- Prepare 1 clove Garlic
- Take 1 pinch Salt and black pepper
- Make ready 1 pinch Mixed dried herbs
- Take 1 unit Half lemon zest and squeeze of juice
- Prepare 1 as needed Pasta of your choice, tagliatelle is good with this.
- Prepare 1 unit Finely grated parmesan
If you want a protein with this, chicken or fish would go well, or even stir through some cooked pancetta. All it needs is salt, pepper and Italian seasoning. The reason the asparagus and chicken don't need much added flavoring is because of the pesto that will become the sauce for the pasta. I used my favorite store bought pesto, but feel free to use homemade.
Instructions to make Fresh Asparagus And Pesto Sauce For Pasta:
- Roughly chop the asparagus, courgette, onions and garlic. Add these to a pan, add boiling water enough to just cover the veg and a pinch of salt. Blanch for 3-4 minutes.
- Turn pan off the heat and allow to cool for a few minutes. do not drain the water! With a hand held blender (or transfer to a food processer), roughly blend untill you have a sauce consistency. Add the remaining ingredients apart from the Parmesan and blend further untill desired consistancy. I prefer mine still with a bit of texture so I dont completely purée it.
- Reheat the sauce for about 5 minutes. Serve over pasta and add Parmesan over the top. If you want a protein with this, chicken or fish would go well, or even stir through some cooked pancetta. I served this with salmon.
The reason the asparagus and chicken don't need much added flavoring is because of the pesto that will become the sauce for the pasta. I used my favorite store bought pesto, but feel free to use homemade. Along with the pesto, there is also fresh lemon juice and shredded Pecorino Romano cheese. Other ingredients in this Italian asparagus pasta sauce. Alongside the asparagus, I used garlic, parsley, zucchini and an onion to make the base sauce for this Italian asparagus pasta.
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