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One of 155 pesto pasta recipes we measured

Asparagus Pesto with Pasta

from www.simplyrecipes.com

It ranks #1 of 155 for brightness among the pesto pasta recipes we compared. 6 cooks on www.simplyrecipes.com rate it 5.0★.

hands-on10m
waitingnone
makes6
each$1.25
kcal392
levelbeginner
Needs:asparagusnutsAs an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 155.

this recipe typical

Where it stands out

  • #1 of 155 for brightness
  • #1 of 155 for noodle texture
  • #1 of 155 for saltiness
  • #1 of 155 for sauce cling

Adapts cleanly: egg-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

454 g1 bunch asparagus spears (about 1 lb), trimmed of tough ends and halved crosswise
3 handfuls baby spinach leaves
6 g2 cloves garlic, peeled
100 g1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for topping
117 g1 cup pine nuts
54 g1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for topping
Juice 1/2 lemon
3 g1/2 teaspoon fine-grain sea salt
227 g8 ounces dried pasta or 12 ounces fresh -linguini, fettuccine, spaghetti (Mix spinach pasta with regular wheat pasta for a medley of colors.)

Method: 5 steps, published by www.simplyrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“Mmmm, this is so good! I'm eating this meal as I type and it is delicious! I have to say, I was skeptical when I read the recipe, immediately thinking of an over-green flavor, but I am happy to report that I was wrong! Unfortunately, I forgot to pick up a lemo” — a cook
“Made this tonight and it was wonderful! Did Heidi also show you the trick where once you have most of the pesto scraped out, put the bowl back on the base and pulse once to clean the blade? Then you can remove the blade and really scrape out every last delicio” — a cook
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