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Penne with Asparagus, Olive Oil, Pecorino and Lemon Zest

Penne with Asparagus, Olive Oil, Pecorino and Lemon Zest

Penne with Asparagus

Enjoy an awesome penne with asparagus recipe from Mitch Weinstein.
By Mitch Weinstein

Penne with Asparagus

Since everyone else and his brother and father and mother and sister are writing about asparagus, I guess I have to too. I’ll keep it brief.

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Penne with Asparagus, Olive Oil, Pecorino and Lemon Zest

Penne with Asparagus, Olive Oil, Pecorino and Lemon Zest


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  • Author: Mitch Weinstein
  • Total Time: 25 mins
  • Yield: 1 1x

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Enjoy an awesome penne with asparagus recipe from Mitch Weinstein.


Ingredients

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  • 1/2 lb. asparagus blanched
  • 3 oz. good penne – 4 if you’re really hungry, like 6 if you’re a pig, but then make more asparagus – yes, very salted water, and if you’re smart you’ll use the water that you first blanched the asparagus in to cook the penne
  • 2 T olive oil, yes good stuff, don’t believe that crap that you should only use it at the end
  • 1 shallot, minced
  • 1/2 tsp. hot red pepper flakes
  • 1 oz. percorino or Parmigiano or a mixture, grated
  • 1 lemon, for grating the zest

Instructions

  1. Drop the pasta (totally professional term). Slowly fry the shallot and pepper flakes in the oil. When the pasta has about 5 minutes left to cook (just guess, willya?), add asparagus to pan. As the pan dries out, add big spoonfuls of pasta water to it. When pasta is almost done to the point where you wouldn’t want to eat it without cooking it for another minute or two (like sometimes at Lupa), transfer to pan w/asparagus (I use a Chinese spider) and start tossing and turning, adding more pasta water and tasting for salt…you will be surprised at how much pasta water will be absorbed, if you’ve cooked the pasta right and used a good brand.
  2. When 99.9% done, turn off heat and add handfuls of cheese, keep tossing, tasting, and if it needs a little more water – add it. Did you taste it for salt and pepper?
  3. At the very end, grate a little lemon zest over and enjoy. Be thankful that ramps are done
  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Cook Time: 10 mins
  • Category: Main
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