Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, fresh asparagus and pesto sauce for pasta. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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 Ingredients 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.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have fresh asparagus and pesto sauce for pasta using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Fresh Asparagus And Pesto Sauce For Pasta:
- Take 12 Asparagus tips
- Prepare 3 Baby courgettes
- Take 4 Spring onions
- Prepare 1 tsp Pesto
- Get 1 tbsp Fromage frais
- Make ready 1 tsp Soft cheese
- Prepare 1 clove Garlic
- Make ready 1 pinch Salt and black pepper
- Make ready 1 pinch Mixed dried herbs
- Make ready 1 unit Half lemon zest and squeeze of juice
- Take 1 as needed Pasta of your choice, tagliatelle is good with this.
- Take 1 unit Finely grated parmesan
This is a new twist on pesto for all asparagus lovers! How we made this delicious Pesto Shrimp Pasta and Asparagus Dinner! I left the tails on because I think its pretty that way :). You can certainly just pluck them off.
Steps 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.
While your pasta is cooking, toss the shrimp in a bit of pesto with some salt and pepper. Sauté them in a bit of olive oil. Add the cavatelli, reserved pasta cooking water, and pesto and toss to combine. Stir in the peas and goat cheese. This pesto in this recipe is totally optional and easily skipped if needed.
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