Asparagus cream pasta

Making a cream out of the stalks means that every mouthful of pasta will have a delicious taste of asparagus

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Barney Desmazery

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Recipe by Barney Desmazery

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Difficulty and servings

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 10 mins

Cook 30 mins

Vegetarian

To prepare the asparagus, cut off and discard the woody ends, then neatly cut the tips away from the stalks. Keep the tips and stalks separate. In a small saucepan bring the cream and garlic to the boil. Take off the heat, remove the garlic, then set the pan aside.
Cook the stalks in boiling salted water for about 4-5 mins until tender, drain, then tip into the cream with the grated parmesan. Blitz with a hand blender until smooth.
Cook the pasta according to pack instructions, then throw in the tips 2 mins before the end of cooking time. Gently reheat the cream, drain pasta, then tip into a bowl with the cream. Toss, divide into pasta bowls, top with parmesan shavings and serve.

Per serving

931 kcalories, protein 28g, carbohydrate 100g, fat 47 g, saturated fat 26g, fibre 5g, sugar 5g, salt 0.53 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2007.

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Adas

07 November 2007

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Soph

14 November 2007

Soph rated and commented on this recipe

Was lovely (i added more parmesan as i'm a cheese addict!!)

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Dav

08 March 2008

Dav rated and commented on this recipe

This dish has a lovely delivately nutty flavour balanced and smoothed by the cream. Goes well with a light, Italian-style salad with hazelnuts and vinegar to reinforce the experience.

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Krissy

06 May 2008

Krissy rated and commented on this recipe

Quick and easy to prepare and absolutley gorgeous taste wise! will definitely be making again.

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smiley rach

27 May 2008

smiley rach commented on this recipe

How much is a bunch of asparagus, my farm shop sells bunches with 500g asparagus while sainsburys sells bunches at 250g weight. Please can anyone help!?

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Kate

29 May 2008

Kate rated and commented on this recipe

Really tasty and simple

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Kate

29 May 2008

Kate commented on this recipe

Used single cream which worked fine and linguine instead of tagliatelle

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Vicky

09 June 2008

Vicky rated and commented on this recipe

Loved it a lot! Very tasty and easy! Will definitely do it again and not once :)

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dini

25 June 2008

dini commented on this recipe

Very nice! I added some pancetta bacon and it was fantastic! I will do it again! :)

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Jaime George

25 August 2008

Jaime George commented on this recipe

This was delicious, I used mature cheddar instead of parmesan due to being pregnant. Plus added chopped up ham and some broad beans. fantastic recipie.

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blackrider23

21 October 2008

blackrider23 rated and commented on this recipe

Add some mushroom and chicken to complete the dish, was a delicious recipe and will definately be making it again.

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Mir

08 December 2008

Mir commented on this recipe

I added grated parmesan cheese to the cream and some toasted pine nuts before liquidizing... great recipe.

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Denise

30 January 2009

Denise rated and commented on this recipe

Fairly rich but lovely!! Added mushrooms and a dash of white wine.

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softgrey

10 February 2009

softgrey commented on this recipe

that's how i would do it too.. add mushrooms and a dash of white wine...

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Sarit Barnard

11 February 2009

Sarit Barnard rated and commented on this recipe

Fantastic recipe, I added a little bit of bacon to the cream and left one garlic clove in it before blending. Will do it again for sure.

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Jayzee

17 April 2009

Jayzee rated and commented on this recipe

Gorgeous gorgeous!! I added some pancetta for a little extra thing in it but really not necessary as just as simply beautiful without it! V High kcals but well worth it!!

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muppet123

22 April 2009

muppet123 rated and commented on this recipe

Yum yum! I added a large splash of white wine to the cream and a crushed garlic clove before blending. Then halved some button mushrooms and fried them very quickly in some garlic butter before stirring into the pasta.

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ptw

19 May 2009

ptw commented on this recipe

I've made this recipe before (using Trail of Tears beans instead of asparagus with garlic slices softened in the cream), and my love says she wants me to make it again this weekend; and what my love wants, she invariably gets... yum-yum ptw

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Anneli

20 May 2009

Anneli rated and commented on this recipe

Delicious! I've made this a few times now. Adding mushrooms sounds like a good idea - I forgot to remove the garlic before blending though - oops! Not too bad but it does then over-power the rest of the dish!

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sticky toffee doddsy

20 May 2009

sticky toffee doddsy rated and commented on this recipe

had this today.very easy to do .added chestnut mushrooms and chicken.delicious girlfriend run finger around dish leaving no sauce a good sign in my book lol

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