Farfalle with green asparagus

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 4 people, you will need:

• 1 500 g green asparagus spears
• 2 500 g Pasta
• 3 300 g pesto
• 4 Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano) (optional)
• Total weight: 1,300 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
15 min.	7 min.	25 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Prepare 500 g green asparagus spears, cut into small pieces.
• 2: Plunge them into a pan of boiling salted water...
• 3: ...then immediately add the pasta.
  Cook for the time specified for the pasta (see packet).
• 4: Drain.
• 5: Return to the pan over low heat, add 300 g pesto, and stir for 1 or 2 minutes.
• 6: Serve with a sprinkling of grated Parmesan, if possible.

Remarks

The trick in this recipe is to cook the asparagus and farfalle together. That's why we use farfalle, as it cooks quite quickly (about 5 minutes), which is about the same time as the asparagus.
If you want to use other types of pasta that take longer to cook, start with them and then add the asparagus, 4 minutes before the end.

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