Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, penne and asparagus pesto. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

This pasta dish features asparagus two ways: The stalks are blended into a pesto, and the tips are sauteed. Trim and discard the tough/woody ends of each asparagus spear. A bright and lemony pesto sauce with penne and asparagus.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook 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:

1. Get 1 packages Penne pasta or spaghetti
2. Make ready 1 packages Grape or cherry tomatoes
3. Prepare 1 olive oil
4. Take Pesto
5. Take 5 oz cheese (queso fresco)
6. Make ready 10 garlic flavored cracker
7. Take 1 bunch Asparagus
8. Prepare 1 tbsp olive oil
9. Take 2 tbsp cream cheese
10. Prepare 2 tsp dried thyme
11. Prepare 2 tsp rosemary
12. Get 1 salt
13. Make ready 1 pepper

Pour the pasta into two serving bowls, add the potatoes evenly and cover evenly with asparagus pesto. Toss well and dust with a light grating of Parmesan before serving. Add the penne to the ricotta mixture. Fold in the asparagus and half of the Parmesan cheese.

Instructions to make Penne and Asparagus Pesto:

1. Bring pot of water to boil and add penne pasta. Cook to Al dente, drain and set aside.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Chop top tips of asparagus about 1" and set aside.
5. Crumble cheese and crackers into blender. Chop up remaining asparagus and drop into blender.
6. Add olive oil, cream cheese, thyme, rosemary, salt & pepper. Mix till a thick paste. May need to stir and foil it in.
7. 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.
8. Serve portion of pasta on plate. Garnish with asparagus tips and tomatoes.
9. 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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