Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a instant dish, penne and asparagus pesto. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Penne and Asparagus Pesto is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Penne and Asparagus Pesto is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook penne and asparagus pesto using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Penne and Asparagus Pesto:

1. Make ready Penne pasta or spaghetti
2. Take Grape or cherry tomatoes
3. Make ready olive oil
4. Prepare Pesto
5. Take cheese (queso fresco)
6. Get garlic flavored cracker
7. Make ready Asparagus
8. Take olive oil
9. Prepare cream cheese
10. Prepare dried thyme
11. Prepare rosemary
12. Take salt
13. Take pepper

Steps to make Penne and Asparagus Pesto:

1. Bring pot of water to boil and add penne pasta. Cook to Al dente, drain and set aside.
2. While noodles are cooking, set oven to bake at 425. Cut bottom ends off of asparagus. Put rinsed asparagus and tomatoes on baking sheet and drizzle olive oil all over to coat.
3. Roast asparagus and tomatoes for 10 minutes depending on thickness of asparagus. As long as the tips are cooked…the rest of the stalk will be used in pesto. Remove from oven and set tomatoes aside.
4. Chop top tips of asparagus about 1" and set aside.
5. Crumble cheese and crackers into blender. Chop up remaining asparagus and drop into blender.
6. Add olive oil, cream cheese, thyme, rosemary, salt & pepper. Mix till a thick paste. May need to stir and foil it in.
7. In large bowl, add penne and half the pesto. Mix. Continue adding more pesto. I still had 1/4 cup left to use for another dish.
8. Serve portion of pasta on plate. Garnish with asparagus tips and tomatoes.
9. Substitute: I didn't have any pine nuts or sliced almonds. So I used crackers instead. It helps in making it a good thick paste.

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