Fresh Asparagus And Pesto Sauce For Pasta

Name: Fresh Asparagus And Pesto Sauce For Pasta
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 12 Asparagus tips; 3 Baby courgettes; 4 Spring onions; 1 tsp Pesto; 1 tbsp Fromage frais; 1 tsp Soft cheese; 1 clove Garlic; 1 pinch Salt and black pepper; 1 pinch Mixed dried herbs; 1 unit Half lemon zest and squeeze of juice; 1 as needed Pasta of your choice, tagliatelle is good with this.; 1 unit Finely grated parmesan

Jenny Atkinson @jenny0124

Liverpool

Fresh and tasty sauce for pasta, this would also double up as a soup!

Jenny Atkinson @jenny0124

Liverpool

Fresh and tasty sauce for pasta, this would also double up as a soup!

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Ingredients

15 mins

2 servings

12Asparagus tips
3Baby courgettes
4Spring onions
1 tspPesto
1 tbspFromage frais
1 tspSoft cheese
1 cloveGarlic
1 pinchSalt and black pepper
1 pinchMixed dried herbs
1unit Half lemon zest and squeeze of juice
1as needed Pasta of your choice, tagliatelle is good with this.
1unit Finely grated parmesan

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Steps

15 mins

1

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.
2

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.
3

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.