Recipe: Perfect Fresh Asparagus And Pesto Sauce For Pasta

Fresh Asparagus And Pesto Sauce For Pasta.

You can have Fresh Asparagus And Pesto Sauce For Pasta using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Fresh Asparagus And Pesto Sauce For Pasta

1. You need 12 of Asparagus tips.
2. Prepare 3 of Baby courgettes.
3. You need 4 of Spring onions.
4. It's 1 tsp of Pesto.
5. It's 1 tbsp of Fromage frais.
6. Prepare 1 tsp of Soft cheese.
7. Prepare 1 clove of Garlic.
8. It's 1 pinch of Salt and black pepper.
9. It's 1 pinch of Mixed dried herbs.
10. You need 1 of unit Half lemon zest and squeeze of juice.
11. You need 1 of as needed Pasta of your choice, tagliatelle is good with this..
12. Prepare 1 of unit Finely grated parmesan.

Fresh Asparagus And Pesto Sauce For Pasta instructions

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..

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