Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, penne and asparagus pesto. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Penne and Asparagus Pesto is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Penne and Asparagus Pesto is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have penne and asparagus pesto using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Penne and Asparagus Pesto:

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

Instructions 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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