Asparagus cream pasta

Asparagus cream pasta

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

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 28.0g, carbohydrate 100.0g, fat 47.0 g, saturated fat 26.0g, fibre 5.0g, sugar 5.0g, salt 0.53 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2007.

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  • 23 September 2011

    avalina1 rated this recipe

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  • 25 September 2011

    Reza Hamedi rated and commented on this recipe

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    Simple, tasty & healthy...

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  • 12 October 2011

    Margot rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very nice, but I have added some things. I am since over a year 5 days out of 7 a vegetarian and I love cooking new things. But they need to be quite tasty as I love my spices ... So I added brocoli to this recipe and some spiced tofu (to add some "filling"). In the sauce itself I added a vegetable bouillon cube and pepper and salt. My husband loved it and so did I :-)

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  • 12 October 2011

    weaholt rated this recipe

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  • 20 November 2011

    lisa rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    very tasty, i have made this twice, first time i had no parmesan so used normal cheddar instead, and i must admit i preffered with cheddar, but i am not a massive fan of parmesan. also used single cream to keep calories down.

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    13 January 2012

    ken rated and commented on this recipe

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    Really, really nice and easy to add to.

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  • 28 January 2012

    Ally rated and commented on this recipe

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    So Delicious! I used spaghetti instead of tagliatelle which worked just as well and added some extra seasoning to the sauce before mixing it with the pasta which I found gave it a little more depth of flavour

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  • 30 January 2012

    jb5370 rated and commented on this recipe

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    This was so simple and so delicious. Dinner party food I'd say!

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  • 19 February 2012

    Purpledreamer commented on this recipe

    A friend made this for us and it was delicious. Sadly not suitable for vegetarians though, despite the BBC category. There is no such thing as vegetarian parmesan. However, there are parmesan substitutes, so if you're cooking for veggies then please substitute the cheese.

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    17 March 2012

    Mb rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lovely, even better with some lemon zest finely grated over it!

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  • 28 March 2012

    Rebecca rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Yummy!

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  • 09 April 2012

    chickien rated and commented on this recipe

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    Great dish, so easy to make and good results everytime!

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  • 14 April 2012

    Katie B rated this recipe

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  • 23 April 2012

    kamicazzie rated and commented on this recipe

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    Very easy, quick and tasty!

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  • 01 May 2012

    Jane rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Thin strips of ham would be a good addition next time, I think.

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  • 04 May 2012

    Biskit Bri rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    As simple as it gets and totally delicious! I'll be experimenting a lot with this recipe...

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  • 12 May 2012

    Sara Felix rated and commented on this recipe

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    Very nice

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  • 14 May 2012

    Warvik rated and commented on this recipe

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    Would need some rather serious tweaking (perhaps the white wine and mushrooms that previous commenters have mentioned?) really dull and tasteless as is.

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  • 25 May 2012

    Lynette commented on this recipe

    Easy to cook, but felt it need some extra flavour, would try again but would add bacon or chicken or mushrooms, liked the idea of the garlic mushrooms

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  • 26 May 2012

    bobby rated and commented on this recipe

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    Bought a 500g of asparagus, used half for 2 people. I changed the recipe a bit. Used Elmlea cream and I blitzed the 2 garlic cloves with the cream plus I added half a glass of white wine to the cream. This I done as suggested by others. I chopped another clove of garlic, fried it in a little olive oil for 1 minute, added the chopped mushrooms, about 150g, added loads of pepper to the mushrooms. I also added 6 chopped sundried tomatoes in olive oil to the mushrooms. Stirred all with the pasta. Gorgeous taste and full of flavour. Try it, it is definately not bland.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Just five ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch asparagus
  • 142ml tub double cream
  • 2 garlic cloves , peeled, but left whole
  • 50g parmesan , half grated, half shaved
  • 250g tagliatelle
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Per serving

931 kcalories, protein 28.0g, carbohydrate 100.0g, fat 47.0 g, saturated fat 26.0g, fibre 5.0g, sugar 5.0g, salt 0.53 g

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