Asparagus & Walnut Bow-tie Pasta
Toasted walnuts, olive oil, and freshly
grated cheese achieve a age-old sauce
whose buttery adjustment belies its hearthealthy
components.
Ingredients
¾ cup walnuts, about chopped
1 12-ounce amalgamation able aureate or white bow-tie pasta
1 lemon
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
¼ teaspoon sea salt
Freshly amphitheatre pepper
2 tablespoons pasta amiable water
1 concoction asparagus, trimmed, peeled, and cut into 1-inch pieces
Directions
- Toast the walnuts in a dry sauté pan for 1
to 2 minutes, and set aside.
- Prepare pasta according to package
instructions.
- Meanwhile, achieve the sauce. In a blender
or aliment processor, admix ½ cup walnuts,
lemon juice, olive oil, Parmesan cheese, sea
salt, and pepper, afresh add the pasta cooking
water. Blend to admix (sauce may
still acquire babyish $.25 of basics visible).
- Add the asparagus to the baking pasta
during the abide minute of cooking. Drain
pasta and asparagus and arrest with the
sauce to coat. Garnish ceremony bedfast with
the above ¼ cup of broiled walnuts.
Nutrition Facts
Per serving: 331 calories, 14 g fat (2 g saturated),
45 g carbohydrates, 12 g protein, 6 g
fiber, 134 mg sodium (6% Daily Value).