Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, nutty asparagus basil pesto on spaghetti. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Perfectly cooked spaghetti, tossed with fresh made pesto (of course, you can buy it if you want to cut a few minutes of prep time), you end up with a vibrant and beautiful dish, that is sure to Traditional Basil Pesto Asparagus with Basil Pesto is about as quick and delicious as it gets for a low-carb side dish; just use purchased pesto if you don't have fresh basil! I make big batches of Basil Pesto with Lemon and freeze it in mini-muffin tins. Then I seal the cubes in FoodSaver (affiliate link) bags so it's easy to use.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook nutty asparagus basil pesto on spaghetti using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Nutty Asparagus Basil Pesto on Spaghetti:
- Prepare 4-5 Asparagus
- Take 1/4 cup Peanuts
- Get 1/2 cup Basil leaves
- Take 1 lime juice
- Take 1-2 garlic cloves
- Make ready 1 tsp chilli flakes
- Get 4-5 Tbsp Olive oil
- Take 1/2 cup Spaghetti
- Prepare 1 cup water
- Make ready as per taste Salt
- Get as required Cherry tomatoes halved to garnish
Mix pesto with garlic and oil and toss with asparagus on a baking sheet. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Try using kale pesto instead of basil for a cold weather variation. Garnish the final dish with a few fresh or roasted cherry tomatoes, roasted cauliflower, or asparagus.
Steps to make Nutty Asparagus Basil Pesto on Spaghetti:
- To make the Pesto. Cut the heads of Asparagus. Roast the peanuts for 2-3 mins in a pan
- In a pan add olive oil and sauté the Asparagus. Set aside
- In a blender add sautéed asparagus, roasted peanuts, lime juice, chilli flakes, garlic cloves, 2 Tbsp olive oil, basil leaves, salt and churn the blender for 4-5 times. Consistency would be smooth. Add more olive oil if needed. Set aside
- In a bowl boil water and add a pinch of salt. Add Spaghetti and cook ala Dante. The water should be absorbed by the Spaghetti and a little water can be left out
- Add the pesto to the Spaghetti and mix well.
- Garnish with basil and halved cherry tomatoes and enjoy
Try using kale pesto instead of basil for a cold weather variation. Garnish the final dish with a few fresh or roasted cherry tomatoes, roasted cauliflower, or asparagus. Stir in some mini mozzarella balls or a sprinkle of capers. Swap the spaghetti for your favorite pasta shape, or use spaghetti squash in its. Making asparagus pesto lets you use the peel, which contains a ton of flavor even though it's sometimes too tough and stringy to eat Puréeing lets you sidestep this issue: you keep the peel, and the flavor, but your food processor pulverizes the fibers, even if you Asparagus Pesto.
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