Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, penne and asparagus pesto. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Penne and Asparagus Pesto is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Penne and Asparagus Pesto is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have penne and asparagus pesto using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Penne and Asparagus Pesto:
- Prepare 1 packages Penne pasta or spaghetti
- Get 1 packages Grape or cherry tomatoes
- Make ready 1 olive oil
- Get Pesto
- Prepare 5 oz cheese (queso fresco)
- Prepare 10 garlic flavored cracker
- Take 1 bunch Asparagus
- Get 1 tbsp olive oil
- Make ready 2 tbsp cream cheese
- Take 2 tsp dried thyme
- Get 2 tsp rosemary
- Make ready 1 salt
- Get 1 pepper
Instructions 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.
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