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This Asparagus with Basil Pesto is a combination I stumbled on by accident years ago on a day when I had fresh asparagus and noticed a jar of pesto I make big batches of Basil Pesto with Lemon and freeze it in mini-muffin tins. Then I seal the cubes in FoodSaver (affiliate link) bags so it's easy to use. Spring green pasta with asparagus, peas, leek, pumpkin seeds, and homemade vegan pesto sauce.
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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have green asparagus with basil pesto using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Green Asparagus with Basil Pesto:
- Prepare 500 grams Green asparagus
- Prepare 3 tbsp and plus Basil pesto
- Prepare 1 tbsp Salt for cooking asparagus
- Make ready 1 bowlful Cold water (with ice, preferably)
- Take 1 tbsp Olive oil
- Get 1 pinch Black pepper
- Take 1 Shaved parmesan cheese, optional
This is the best lassagna I have ever tried, basil-pesto definitely gave the whole lasagna tons of tasty flavor, also used low-fat milk and cheese, reduced the amount of fat, but the sauce was still creamy, asparagus was tender-crispy between the layered creamy stuffed noodles. Information about Green Asparagus including applications, recipes, nutritional value, taste, seasons, availability, storage, restaurants, cooking, geography and history. Standard Asparagus' mildly grassy and sweet flavor matches that of its larger and smaller counterparts. How to cook white asparagus, German style.
Steps to make Green Asparagus with Basil Pesto:
- Toast the pine nuts in a frying pan and make the basil pesto. You can shave the cheese to finish the dish instead of using it in the sauce.
- Cut off about 1 cm from the bottoms of the asparagus. Rinse with running water. Prepare a bowlful of cold water with ice. Preheat the oven to 180℃.
- Salt the boiled water (use 1 tablespoon of salt per 1000 ml of water) and bowl the asparagus until al dente. Prepare a tea towel.
- Remove the asparagus from the boiling water and place immediately in cold water. Move to a tea towel or paper towel. Pat dry lightly.
- Arrange the asparagus on a baking tray and drizzle on 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Bake for 5 minutes in an oven at 180℃.
- Pour the basil pesto onto a serving plate and place the asparagus on top. Serve with black pepper and shaved parmesan cheese.
- I don't have a special asparagus pot so I cook the asparagus upright in a deep pot for 20 seconds first and then lay them down to cook further.
- If you like melted cheese on top, microwave for 1 minute at Step 6.
- I used this basil pesto for the white asparagus but I think it works better with green asparagus.
Mix pesto with garlic and oil and toss with asparagus on a baking sheet. Season to taste with salt and pepper. A bright and lemony pesto sauce with penne and asparagus. A quick and easy spring meal. I used a mixture of parsley and basil.
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