Creamy Pasta with Asparagus & Bacon 😋😍💕 

The creamy pasta with asparagus and bacon is a quick and tasty first course. Very easy to prepare and seasonal. Creamy and fast: asparagus and bacon pasta, a first course with asparagus from the easy preparation! It is to season the pasta with creamy asparagus and diced crispy bacon sautéed. A creamy first course, perfect with any shape of short or long pasta: bows, penne, fusilli, spaghetti, linguine as well as fresh pasta or long fusilli. In this recipe asparagus pesto is a cream made from asparagus, parmesan, basil, olive oil, and the addition of spreadable cheese that makes it even creamier. An alternative to asparagus pesto is this cream that is prepared without the addition of cream cheese. The recipe is very simple: pesto is prepared during the cooking of pasta as well as browning bacon in a pan. As soon as the pasta is ready, it is seasoned and flavored: a creamy asparagus and bacon pasta with a unique goodness! Perfect to customize as you prefer using ricotta or other cream cheese. If you have dietary requirements you can use gluten-free pasta of any format, to be seasoned with asparagus pesto. Let's see what we need to prepare the creamy pasta with asparagus and bacon.

Ingredients

160 g pasta (short, long, fresh)

8 asparagus (green)

20 g Parmesan cheese

100 g bacon

4 basil leaves

100 g spreadable cheese (or ricotta)

salt

Preparation

Prepare the asparagus cream: clean the asparagus by removing the white and woody end. Cut them coarsely and put them in a pan with a little water. Cook the asparagus until soft, then drain. Put the asparagus in a mixer with olive oil, basil and Parmesan. Blend intermittently until creamy. Add salt and cheese, continue to blend. Sauté the bacon in a non-stick pan, without oil. It should be crunchy. Drain the pasta al dente: keep a little cooking water if it serves to soften the asparagus pesto and make it creamier. Season the pasta with asparagus pesto and crispy bacon. Stir and serve.