Pasta with goat cheese and asparagus
1 lb. spiral pasta
4 oz. log of fresh goat cheese
1 bunch of asparagus, cut into pieces about 2 in. long
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
1 or 2 cups fresh chopped basil
olive oil
salt
pepper
- Boil the pasta for about four minutes, adding a few dashes of salt after the first minute or two.
- Add the cut asparagus to the boiling noodles and allow the pot to boil another two or three minutes. (The asparagus should be tender but still firm.)
- Drain the pasta and asparagus together, reserving one cup of pasta water.
- Meanwhile, combine olive oil, lemon peel, basil and cheese in a large bowl, breaking up the goat cheese as you put it in.
- Add hot pasta and asparagus to bowl, along with a couple slashes of the pasta water. Toss until smoothly combined, adding more pasta water if needed.
- Season generously with salt and pepper.
6 comments:
This sounds delicious... thanks for the fresh idea!
I may try this tonight, I have all the ingrediants! Thanks Mara!
I've been looking for a asparagus recipe. Pasta, goat cheese and asparagus..Sounds yum !
Thank you. Also thanks for your comment on my blog! Hope you like eggplant puree.
Take care
umm, that sounds so so so yum!!!
Thanks, am going to attempt! :)
Ash
This sounds beyond good! Wow! I can't wait to try it! Hopefully it will turn out good :) I'm always looking for new recipes!
Ill try to do this one : ) Yumyum
thanks : )
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