Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, penne and asparagus pesto. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
A bright and lemony pesto sauce with penne and asparagus. A quick and easy spring meal. This is a slightly deconstructed pesto - instead of adding the pine nuts to the pesto sauce I toasted them and sprinkled them over the pasta.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook penne and asparagus pesto using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Penne and Asparagus Pesto:
- Get 1 packages Penne pasta or spaghetti
- Make ready 1 packages Grape or cherry tomatoes
- Make ready 1 olive oil
- Prepare Pesto
- Prepare 5 oz cheese (queso fresco)
- Prepare 10 garlic flavored cracker
- Take 1 bunch Asparagus
- Get 1 tbsp olive oil
- Take 2 tbsp cream cheese
- Take 2 tsp dried thyme
- Prepare 2 tsp rosemary
- Make ready 1 salt
- Get 1 pepper
There was winter, but it wasn't 'really' winter by any standards. Toss together and serve hot or. Making asparagus pesto lets you use the peel, which contains a ton of flavor even though it's sometimes too tough and stringy to eat Puréeing lets you sidestep this issue: you keep the peel, and the flavor, but your food processor pulverizes the fibers, even if you use. Literally just finished cooking! this is awesome!
Steps to make Penne and Asparagus Pesto:
- Bring pot of water to boil and add penne pasta. Cook to Al dente, drain and set aside.
- While noodles are cooking, set oven to bake at 425. Cut bottom ends off of asparagus. Put rinsed asparagus and tomatoes on baking sheet and drizzle olive oil all over to coat.
- Roast asparagus and tomatoes for 10 minutes depending on thickness of asparagus. As long as the tips are cooked…the rest of the stalk will be used in pesto. Remove from oven and set tomatoes aside.
- Chop top tips of asparagus about 1" and set aside.
- Crumble cheese and crackers into blender. Chop up remaining asparagus and drop into blender.
- Add olive oil, cream cheese, thyme, rosemary, salt & pepper. Mix till a thick paste. May need to stir and foil it in.
- In large bowl, add penne and half the pesto. Mix. Continue adding more pesto. I still had 1/4 cup left to use for another dish.
- Serve portion of pasta on plate. Garnish with asparagus tips and tomatoes.
- Substitute: I didn't have any pine nuts or sliced almonds. So I used crackers instead. It helps in making it a good thick paste.
I did not use the kalamata olives but i did grill the pepper asparagus and zucchini! yum yum yum I also skipped the lemon partially because i forgot and this was the first time i made pesto. This Healthy and delicious one pan pesto chicken and asparagus recipe is an amazing recipe that will keep you on a delicious diet Its a chicken breast. Sauté prosciutto I a separate skillet until crispy. Add cooked pasta and prosciutto to skillet. A quick and easy penne pasta recipe with tomatoes, asparagus, onion, and a creamy pesto sauce made with coconut milk.
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