Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, penne and asparagus pesto. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Penne and Asparagus Pesto is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Penne and Asparagus Pesto is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook penne and asparagus pesto using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Penne and Asparagus Pesto:

1. Get 1 packages Penne pasta or spaghetti
2. Prepare 1 packages Grape or cherry tomatoes
3. Prepare 1 olive oil
4. Prepare Pesto
5. Make ready 5 oz cheese (queso fresco)
6. Take 10 garlic flavored cracker
7. Prepare 1 bunch Asparagus
8. Make ready 1 tbsp olive oil
9. Get 2 tbsp cream cheese
10. Prepare 2 tsp dried thyme
11. Take 2 tsp rosemary
12. Make ready 1 salt
13. Get 1 pepper

Penne pasta is tossed with roasted asparagus, fragrant pesto and creamy goat cheese to create this easy, crowd-pleasing pasta salad recipe. Pasta salads are one of my favorite make-ahead dishes to prep and stash in the fridge for when I need it. Penne and Asparagus Pesto step by step. Bring pot of water to boil and add penne pasta.

Steps to make Penne and Asparagus Pesto:

1. Bring pot of water to boil and add penne pasta. Cook to Al dente, drain and set aside.
2. While noodles are cooking, set oven to bake at 425. Cut bottom ends off of asparagus. Put rinsed asparagus and tomatoes on baking sheet and drizzle olive oil all over to coat.
3. Roast asparagus and tomatoes for 10 minutes depending on thickness of asparagus. As long as the tips are cooked…the rest of the stalk will be used in pesto. Remove from oven and set tomatoes aside.
4. Chop top tips of asparagus about 1" and set aside.
5. Crumble cheese and crackers into blender. Chop up remaining asparagus and drop into blender.
6. Add olive oil, cream cheese, thyme, rosemary, salt & pepper. Mix till a thick paste. May need to stir and foil it in.
7. In large bowl, add penne and half the pesto. Mix. Continue adding more pesto. I still had 1/4 cup left to use for another dish.
8. Serve portion of pasta on plate. Garnish with asparagus tips and tomatoes.
9. Substitute: I didn't have any pine nuts or sliced almonds. So I used crackers instead. It helps in making it a good thick paste.

Cook to Al dente, drain and set aside. Cut bottom ends off of asparagus. Put rinsed asparagus and tomatoes on baking sheet and drizzle olive oil all over to coat. Place pesto and blue c heese in a large serving bowl and using a fork, mash the blue cheese into the pesto. Rinse asparagus spears and snap off and discard their tough ends.

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