Ham and Asparagus Fettuccine

"This is one I can't wait make every spring when asparagus becomes available."
 
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Ready In:
20mins
Ingredients:
9
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al denté.
  • Stir asparagus into pot in the last five minutes of cooking; drain.
  • While pasta is cooking, heat butter and cream in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
  • When mixture begins to bubble, stir in Parmesan, garlic powder, pepper and cayenne.
  • Continue cooking until mixture thickens, stirring occasionally.
  • Stir in ham and heat through.
  • Toss pasta and asparagus with sauce and serve immediately.

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Reviews

  1. Made this with leftover Easter ham. VERY GOOD. This is a keeper!
     
  2. This was delicious and so easy to make. The only change I made was to double the garlic powder because we are garlic freaks! This is a definite keeper. Thanks so much for a great recipe.
     
  3. I made this with our leftover ham and it was GREAT!!! I loved it even more the second day. Thanks for a quick and delicious meal.
     
  4. This was absolutely DELICIOUS! I followed the recipe as shown and it was so delicious that I would not share any left-overs. The asparagus and ham compliment each other so well. This is a creamy delicious dish and I will make this over and over! YUMMY!
     
  5. fantastic. I used more garlic powder (next time I'll use fresh) and forgot the cayenne, so that went in at the end... (I also used more like two or three pinches.) I used thinly sliced deli ham, too--which next time I will chop instead of tear.
     
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Tweaks

  1. This is delicious. Asparagus is ectremely cheap at the moment and this is a great recipe for getting the kids to eat it. I used fresh garlic instead of garlic powder and everyone loved this dish. Thanks for posting.
     
  2. Delicious! I had nice, fresh, thin asparagus. Not only is this a yummy, complete meal, but it's rather quick and easy to make, too! I increased the recipe by 50%. I made it exactly as written except I used white pepper instead of black pepper. Loved the hint of chayenne pepper in there! I'll definitely make this again. Thanx!!
     

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OK lets see...My name is Diane and I'm married to a wonderful guy -- going on 20 years. We have 2 kids -- 1 daughter and 1 son a 70lb german shepard, a fat cat and a very snobby cat! I work a couple of days a week in the Loop and the rest of my time is spent sitting at the kids sporting events. I love to try new recipes. Luckily, hubby will try just about anything. The kids aren't so eager about that, but are generally very good sports about it!
 
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