Pasta with creamy asparagus is a delicious and elegant dish that is perfect for any occasion. The combination of tender asparagus, creamy sauce, and al dente pasta is simply irresistible. This dish is also surprisingly easy to make and can be ready in just 30 minutes. Whether you are looking for a quick and easy weeknight meal or a showstopping dish for a special occasion, pasta with creamy asparagus is sure to please everyone at your table.
Here are our top 14 tried and tested recipes!
CREAMY ASPARAGUS PASTA
A wonderfully satisfying meal that cooks in minutes. Delicious!
Provided by HEIDI S.
Categories Main Dish Recipes Pasta
Time 30m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Bring a pot of water to a boil. Boil asparagus for 3 to 4 minutes; drain.
- In a large saucepan melt butter over medium heat. Saute garlic and asparagus for 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in the cream and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add linguine and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain and transfer to a serving dish.
- Stir lemon juice into asparagus mixture; pour mixture over pasta.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 246.8 calories, Carbohydrate 44 g, Cholesterol 9.9 mg, Fat 4.7 g, Fiber 4.1 g, Protein 8.3 g, SaturatedFat 2.4 g, Sodium 30.9 mg, Sugar 0.7 g
CREAMY ASPARAGUS PASTA
Creamy Asparagus Pasta Recipe - A creamy, yet healthy veggie loaded protein-packed pasta with asparagus and peas, all tossed in a lightened-up cream sauce!
Provided by Katerina | Diethood
Categories Dinner
Time 35m
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
- Add pasta to boiling water and cook for 7 minutes; add prepared vegetables to the pot and continue to cook for 3 more minutes, or until al dente.
- Drain.
- In the meantime prepare the sauce.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add onions and garlic and cook for 3 minutes, or until tender.
- In a small mixing bowl combine flour and chicken broth; whisk until thoroughly incorporated.
- Add broth mixture to the onion mixture in the pan.
- Whisk in milk; continue to whisk constantly and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and cook for 1 more minute, or until thickened.
- Stir in the cream cheese; stir until melted.
- Stir in the grated parmesan cheese and remove from heat.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Add pasta and vegetables to the sauce; stir until completely combined.
- Serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 264.5 kcal, Carbohydrate 42.6 g, Protein 13.7 g, Fat 6.7 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, Cholesterol 9.9 mg, Sodium 109.3 mg, Fiber 6.1 g, Sugar 4.6 g, ServingSize 1 serving
PASTA WITH CREAMY ASPARAGUS
Provided by Marian Burros
Categories dinner, weekday, pastas, main course, side dish
Time 30m
Yield 2 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Bring water to boil in covered pot for the pasta.
- Wash the asparagus, then trim by breaking at the point where the tough, woody part of the stem meets the tender part. Cut into 1-inch pieces, and steam over hot water for 3 to 7 minutes.
- Whisk the yogurt and sour cream with the mustard and the nutmeg, and blend a little of this mixture with the cornstarch to make a paste. Then, return cornstarch mixture to sour-cream yogurt.
- Cook pasta according to package directions.
- Drain pasta and asparagus, and combine with yogurt-sour cream mixture. Cook over medium heat until mixture is just heated through.
- Coarsely grate cheese, and add to the pasta-asparagus mixture. Season with salt and pepper.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 677, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 111 grams, Fat 10 grams, Fiber 9 grams, Protein 36 grams, SaturatedFat 5 grams, Sodium 546 milligrams, Sugar 19 grams, TransFat 0 grams
PASTA WITH ASPARAGUS AND PROSCIUTTO
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 25m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the prosciutto in a large skillet over medium-high heat until it renders some fat and begins to brown, about 2 minutes. Add the garlic and thyme and cook until the garlic just begins to soften, about 30 seconds. Remove the skillet from the heat and add the wine. Return to the heat and cook until the wine evaporates slightly, about 2 more minutes. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste. Add the cream and nutmeg and cook, stirring occasionally, until the sauce thickens slightly, about 3 more minutes.
- Meanwhile, add the pasta to the boiling water and cook as the label directs, adding the asparagus during the last minute of cooking. Reserve 1/2 cup cooking water, then drain the pasta and asparagus.
- Add the cheese to the cream sauce and stir to combine. Add the pasta and asparagus and toss to coat, adding some of the reserved cooking water to loosen, if needed. Season with salt and pepper. Divide among bowls and top with more cheese.
PASTA WITH ASPARAGUS
Many terrific recipes change hands at my ladies' bridge group's monthly get-togethers. That's where I discovered this zippy, tempting dish. The garlic, asparagus, Parmesan cheese and red pepper flakes create an irresistible taste combination. -Jean Fisher, Redlands, California
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Side Dishes
Time 20m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a large cast-iron or other heavy skillet, cook the garlic, red pepper flakes and hot pepper sauce in oil and butter for 1 minute. Add the asparagus, salt and pepper; saute until asparagus is crisp-tender, 8-10 minutes. Stir in cheese. Pour over hot pasta and toss to coat. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 259 calories, Fat 13g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 8mg cholesterol, Sodium 83mg sodium, Carbohydrate 30g carbohydrate (2g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 7g protein.
CREAMY RACCHETTE PASTA WITH ASPARAGUS AND PEAS
This racchette pasta recipe, adapted from the "Everyday Food" cookbook, is a delicious dinner dish.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Pasta and Grains
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a small skillet over medium heat, toast the pine nuts, stirring often, until golden, 2 to 3 minutes.
- In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta until al dente, according to the package instructions, add the asparagus during the last 2 1/2 minutes of cooking and the peas during the last 30 seconds of cooking. Reserve 1 cup of the pasta water; drain.
- Return pasta, asparagus, peas, and reserved pasta water to pot. Toss with goat cheese, lemon zest, dill, and toasted pine nuts. Season with salt and pepper; serve immediately.
PASTA WITH ASPARAGUS AND CREAMY MUSHROOM SAUCE
Instead of butter and cream, cashews provide richness and creaminess to the sauce for this vegan pasta dish.
Provided by Karielyn Tillman
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Directions
- Prepare the veggies: dice the asparagus into 1 ½ inch pieces, dice the shallots, de-stem the mushrooms
- Prepare the pasta according to the package directions.
- While the pasta is boiling, add all the ingredients for the asparagus (diced asparagus, avocado oil, garlic, Himalayan pink salt, ground black pepper) to a skillet and sauté on medium/high heat for 4 - 5 minutes. Set aside.
- While the pasta is boiling, add all the ingredients for the mushroom sauce to a Vitamix, or high speed blender, and blend until creamy and smooth; adjust the seasonings to your preference and water to get the consistency you prefer.
- In a large mixing bowl, add the cooked pasta, sautéed asparagus and mushroom sauce together and gently toss until it is well combined and evenly distributed.
CREAMY ASPARAGUS PASTA
In this quick pasta dinner, umami-rich seaweed stars twice: first, in the form of dasima (dried kelp), which seasons the pasta water and sauce with seaside savor; second, as gim (roasted seaweed), which lends deep nuttiness and some salty crunch, too. The pasta finishes cooking in a blush of heavy cream and a splash of the dasima broth, transforming into a dreamy emulsion balanced by rice vinegar. In this recipe's final moments, a rich glug of sesame oil glosses the chewy rigatoni and echoes the toasted flavor of the gim, which sings.
Provided by Eric Kim
Categories weeknight, pastas
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Fold the gim in half and, with very sharp kitchen shears or a chef's knife, slice into thin strips. Set aside for serving.
- In a large pot, combine 1 dasima square with 8 cups cold tap water. Bring the water to a boil and season with the kosher salt. Tumble in the pasta and cook for half the time the package tells you is al dente. Reserve 1 cup of the pasta water. Drain the pasta, then add it back to the pot. (Discard the dasima.)
- Add the remaining dasima square, cream, red onion, garlic, black pepper and reserved pasta water to the pasta. Bring to a boil over high heat, then immediately reduce the heat to a gentle simmer. Stirring occasionally, cook the pasta until the onion-infused cream has thickened significantly, thinly coating the noodles, 4 to 5 minutes.
- Turn off the heat. Add the vinegar and asparagus, and stir to combine for 1 minute. The residual heat from the pasta will gently cook the asparagus to tender-crisp. Stir in the sesame oil and season with more black pepper, if desired. Divide the pasta among serving dishes, discarding the dasima, and shower with the reserved gim and sprinkle with flaky sea salt. Serve immediately, before the gim wilts and turns soggy.
ASPARAGUS CREAM PASTA
Making a cream out of the stalks means that every mouthful of pasta will have a delicious taste of asparagus
Provided by Barney Desmazery
Categories Dinner, Main course, Pasta
Time 40m
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- 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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 931 calories, Fat 47 grams fat, SaturatedFat 26 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 100 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 5 grams sugar, Fiber 5 grams fiber, Protein 28 grams protein, Sodium 0.53 milligram of sodium
CREAMY FETTUCCINE WITH ASPARAGUS
Toasted pine nuts add crunch to this combo of fettuccine and asparagus.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Pasta and Grains
Time 30m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a small skillet over medium heat, toast pine nuts, stirring often, until golden, 2 to 3 minutes.
- In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook fettuccine until al dente, according to package instructions, adding asparagus during last 5 minutes of cooking. Reserve 1 cup of pasta water; drain.
- Return pasta, asparagus, and reserved pasta water to the pot. Toss with goat cheese, mustard, dill, and toasted pine nuts. Season with coarse salt and ground pepper.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 496 g, Fat 13 g, Fiber 7 g, Protein 25 g
CREAMY PASTA WITH ASPARAGUS & PEAS
Take five ingredients and whip up this simple green vegetable fusilli supper for two, plus hit 3 of your 5-a-day
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Dinner, Main course
Time 17m
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Cook the pasta following the pack instructions. Two minutes before the end of the cooking time, add the asparagus and peas. Boil everything together for the final 2 mins, then scoop out and reserve a cup of the cooking liquid from the pan before draining the pasta and veg.
- Return the pasta and veg to the pan and add the lemon zest, soft cheese and seasoning. Add a squeeze of lemon juice to taste and stir in 2-3 tbsp of the cooking liquid to loosen the sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 658 calories, Fat 28 grams fat, SaturatedFat 15 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 75 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 7 grams sugar, Fiber 7 grams fiber, Protein 25 grams protein, Sodium 0.5 milligram of sodium
CREAMY PASTA WITH ASPARAGUS, PARMESAN, AND CRISPY PROSCIUTTO
Another delicious meal from Cooks Country. Warm and inviting, simple to make and tastes delicious at dinner or forlunch. Simple to make and ingredients are readily available. Times overlap- made in under 30 min
Provided by Chef1MOM-Connie
Categories Vegetable
Time 35m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Bring 4 qts water to boil in largepot.(in the meantime) Heat oil in large nonstick skillet over med heat until just smoking. Cook prosciutto until lightly browned and crisp, (5 min) Transfer to paper towel lined plate to reduce fat. Add garlic to pan and cook 30 sec. Stir in cream and lemon juice and simmer until thickened, 3-5 minute.
- Add 1 tbsp salt and pasta to boiling water until just eginning to soften, 8 minute Add asparagus to pot and cook until tender and pasta become al dente (4 min).
- Reserve 1 c cooking water and drain pasta and asparagus, return to pot.
- Add sauce, 1/2 c reserved water, cheese, and basil to pot, toss to combine, add remaining water as needed.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Sprinkle with crunchy prosciutto.
- Serve. Delicious with crusty warm bread.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 849.3, Fat 38.2, SaturatedFat 21, Cholesterol 114.5, Sodium 619.3, Carbohydrate 94, Fiber 6.1, Sugar 5.2, Protein 33.6
ANGEL HAIR PASTA WITH CREAMY ASPARAGUS
Make and share this Angel Hair Pasta With Creamy Asparagus recipe from Food.com.
Provided by ChefDebs
Categories Vegetable
Time 25m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Boil asparagus in water for 5 mins, then drain and cool down quickly with cold water.Cut asparagus into 1 inch pieces,set aside.
- In a small skillet melt the butter over med heat and add the onions, garlic and pepper flakes, saute for 5 mins until soft.
- Add the cream, parmesan cheese and lemon juice and simmer for 5 mins until sauce thickens slightly. Add the asparagus and black pepper to the sauce. keep warm.
- Cook the pasta until al dente, drain and serve imediately with the asparagus sauce on top.
- Serve with extra parmesan and red pepper flakes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 596.7, Fat 36, SaturatedFat 21.9, Cholesterol 118.8, Sodium 459.2, Carbohydrate 49.7, Fiber 3.4, Sugar 2.5, Protein 20.1
CREAMY PASTA PRIMAVERA
When I think of springtime, asparagus comes to mind. This pasta dish is a wonderful blend of tender, crisp, colorful vegetables and a creamy Parmesan cheese sauce. -Darlene Brenden, Salem, Oregon
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 30m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Cook pasta according to package directions. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, saute asparagus and carrots in oil until crisp-tender. Add tomatoes and garlic; cook 1 minute longer., Stir in the cheese, cream and pepper. Drain pasta; toss with asparagus mixture.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 275 calories, Fat 12g fat (6g saturated fat), Cholesterol 33mg cholesterol, Sodium 141mg sodium, Carbohydrate 35g carbohydrate (5g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 10g protein. Diabetic Exchanges
Tips:
- Choose the freshest asparagus possible. Fresh asparagus should be bright green and have tight, closed tips.
- Trim the asparagus properly. Cut off the tough, woody ends of the asparagus spears.
- Cook the asparagus until it is tender but still has a slight crunch. Overcooked asparagus will be mushy.
- Use a good quality cream. Heavy cream will give the sauce a rich, velvety texture.
- Season the sauce to taste. Salt, pepper, and garlic powder are all good options.
- Serve the pasta immediately. Creamy asparagus pasta is best enjoyed when it is fresh and hot.
Conclusion:
Pasta with creamy asparagus is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for a weeknight meal. With just a few simple ingredients, you can create a flavorful and satisfying pasta dish that the whole family will enjoy. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy pasta recipe, give this creamy asparagus pasta a try. You won't be disappointed!
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