This pasta with boiled and sauted asparagus and sun-dried chili makes for a flavorful side or main dish.
By Zerrin Gunaydin
Asparagus Pasta with Sun-Dried Chili
- Total Time: 20 mins
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
This pasta with boiled and sauted asparagus and sun-dried chili makes for a flavorful side or main dish.
Ingredients
Scale
- 250g pasta of your choice
- 250g fresh skinny asparagus, trimmed and cut into long pieces
- ¼ cup milk
- ¼ cup kasar cheese or parmesan, grated
- 2 tbsp butter
- 5 sun-dried chili pepper
- Salt to taste
- Mint sprigs for garnish
Instructions
- Fill a pot with 4 cups of water and boil.
- Add asparagus into boiling water and cook for 3 minutes.
- Transfer asparagus directly into another pot with very cold water so that it keeps that bright green color.
- Fill a pot with salted water and boil for pasta. Add pasta into pot when water boils.
- Cook pasta for 5minutes and drain.
- Melt butter in a pan, add in half of the asparagus and chili, saute for less than a minute.
- Add in pasta and cook for 2 minutes.
- Pour milk into the pan and cook for 2 minutes.
- Sprinkle salt and toss in grated cheese and mix with a spatula.
- You can add a little more milk if your pasta gets dry.
- Serve with the rest of boiled asparagus aside.
- Garnish with mint sprigs when serving.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Category: Main
