PASTA WITH ASPARAGUS, SAFFRON AND BACON
A first course with spring colors and flavors: pasta with asparagus, saffron and bacon. Tasty and practical to prepare, to bring to the table a tasty and different first course. The combination with fresh pasta is ideal, especially with a type of long or curled pasta. To make pasta with asparagus, saffron and bacon you need:
Ingredients
350 g Fresh pasta400 g Asparagus80 g Smoked bacon1 sachet of Saffron20 g Butter1 clove Garlic1 ShallotSaltPepper
Preparation
Trim the asparagus by cutting off the toughest part of the stalks. Wash them, peel them with a potato peeler and cut them into pieces, leaving the tips whole. In a saucepan, sauté the finely chopped shallot over low heat with a knob of butter, then add the chopped asparagus and tips. Let them brown for 2-3 minutes, season with salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with a ladle of water and continue cooking for 15 minutes. Keep the cooked asparagus tips aside and blend the mixture in a blender, then pour it into a bowl, keeping it aside. In a frying pan, sauté a clove of garlic with a drizzle of oil and the diced smoked bacon, until golden brown. After that, add the previously cooked asparagus tips and sauté for a few minutes, removing the garlic clove. Cook the pasta in a saucepan with plenty of boiling salted water, drain it well and al dente, keeping a ladle of cooking water aside. Dissolve the saffron in a small bowl with the cooking water. Pour the pasta into the pan with the bacon and asparagus tips, then add the asparagus cream and the saffron previously dissolved in the cooking water. Stir with the help of a wooden spoon, always in the same direction, in order to mix everything well. Transfer the pasta with asparagus, saffron and bacon to a serving plate and serve.
A first course with spring colors and flavors: pasta with asparagus, saffron and bacon. Tasty and practical to prepare, to bring to the table a tasty and different first course. The combination with fresh pasta is ideal, especially with a type of long or curled pasta. To make pasta with asparagus, saffron and bacon you need:
Ingredients
350 g Fresh pasta
400 g Asparagus
80 g Smoked bacon
1 sachet of Saffron
20 g Butter
1 clove Garlic
1 Shallot
Salt
Pepper
Preparation
Trim the asparagus by cutting off the toughest part of the stalks. Wash them, peel them with a potato peeler and cut them into pieces, leaving the tips whole. In a saucepan, sauté the finely chopped shallot over low heat with a knob of butter, then add the chopped asparagus and tips. Let them brown for 2-3 minutes, season with salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with a ladle of water and continue cooking for 15 minutes. Keep the cooked asparagus tips aside and blend the mixture in a blender, then pour it into a bowl, keeping it aside. In a frying pan, sauté a clove of garlic with a drizzle of oil and the diced smoked bacon, until golden brown. After that, add the previously cooked asparagus tips and sauté for a few minutes, removing the garlic clove. Cook the pasta in a saucepan with plenty of boiling salted water, drain it well and al dente, keeping a ladle of cooking water aside. Dissolve the saffron in a small bowl with the cooking water. Pour the pasta into the pan with the bacon and asparagus tips, then add the asparagus cream and the saffron previously dissolved in the cooking water. Stir with the help of a wooden spoon, always in the same direction, in order to mix everything well. Transfer the pasta with asparagus, saffron and bacon to a serving plate and serve.
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