What ingredients go in the 5 Ingredients Asparagus Pasta
This Asparagus Pasta is a great dish to prepare with kid. You can chop the asparagus or shave it using a vegetable peeler. Pasta: I went with spaghetti, but you can choose with any variety of pasta that you have handy. You can also use gnocchi or ravioli for this dish. Asparagus: To make it a little interesting, I shaved a few asparagus. I left the tender tip portion longer at the end and I chopped them into bite size. Garlic: A couple of garlic cloves that were thinly sliced for the flavor burst as it goes very well with fresh lemon. Lemon: Fresh lemon definitely makes all the difference in the dish, both the zest and the juice Parmesan Cheese: When a pasta recipe calls for such few ingredients, you need a good doze of grated Parmesan to bring the sauce together. Apart from these key 5 ingredients, there is also olive oil, salt and pepper that are being used. One key ingredient that makes the creamy sauce for the asparagus pasta is to use the pasta water. Make sure to save some while draining the pasta.
How to choose Asparagus?
As the name suggests the key element for this 5 Ingredients Asparagus Pasts is pasta and asparagus.
Look for bright green asparagus, thick or thin, doesn’t matterThe spears should be firm and not limpThe tips of the asparagus should look closed and tight
Storing: Just trim the ends and wrap it in a damp kitchen towel so that it doesn’t dry out. Place them in a bag and keep it in the refrigerator. Or you could store it like herbs by placing them in a glass with little water and covering the top with a plastic bag.
In my book, pasta with asparagus is a great meal to cook with your kids too. If you follow my Instagram story, you would know that my 5 years old loves to help me in the kitchen. Recently, I have switched him from baking to cooking, getting him more close to the hot stove but with precaution, of course. Like most toddlers, he can get a little fussy with green vegetables. Asparagus is not his favorite and in order to make him enjoy this meal, I got him working in preparing the dish. He helped me snap the asparagus and cook the meal but at the end, he mostly ate pasta and a very little of the asparagus. Well, I tried and he tried too. The taste will come to him eventually, I guess.
Here are more pasta recipes to try!
Pasta with Shaved Carrots and Carrot Green Sauce
Rigatoni Broccoli Casserole
Chicken Bolognese Baked Ziti
