Fettuccine With Asparagus

"This quick and easy dish is a wonderful way to combine fresh asparagus with pasta in a red sauce. It caught my eye initially as an alternative pasta dish for those who can't eat cream sauce preparations."
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
4-5
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ingredients

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directions

  • Heat water for the pasta.
  • In a separate skillet, heat the oil; add garlic, tomatoes, pepper, salt, and parsley and simmer for 8 minutes, stirring now and then to mix ingredients.
  • Add the asparagus; cover and simmer until stalks are not quite tender when you touch with a fork.
  • Remove from the heat and leave the cover on, which will allow the asparagus to tenderize a bit more.
  • Cook and drain the pasta; put in a serving bowl.
  • Add the skillet mixture to the bowl and 2T parmesan cheese; toss well.
  • Add additional parmesan cheese at the table, as preferred.

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Reviews

  1. We loved this, very tasty. I used only the upper third of each asparagus stalk (saving the rest for Recipe #135453) and also served Recipe #263368 for a decadent dinner. I used fire-roasted tomatoes and garlic-herb fettuccine, because I had them on hand. We like our asparagus on the crisp side, so I cooked the asparagus on top of the sauce and did not let it sit very long after turning off the heat. This is very similar to a dish DH orders often at our favorite restaurant, and it was quick, so this went immediately into our rotation. Thanks for posting, quikgourmet! Made for Zaar Chef Alphabet Soup Tag.
     
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