Lentil Penne with Asparagus
Lentil Penne with Asparagus

Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, lentil penne with asparagus. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook lentil penne with asparagus using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

Ingredients for Lentil Penne with Asparagus:
  1. Make ready 6 asparagus stalks
  2. Get Half punnet of quartered cherry tomatoes
  3. Make ready Handful chopped pitted black olives
  4. Take 200 g red lentil pasta
  5. Get 3 finely chopped garlic cloves
  6. Get 100 ml pesto
Lentil Penne with Asparagus steps:
  1. Heat some butter or oil in a pan on a medium heat, chop up your asparagus into inch long sections and add
  2. In the meantime, add the pasta (with a healthy pinch of salt) to a pan of boiling water
  3. When the asparagus changes colour to a rich green, add the garlic, tomatoes and olives
  4. The tomatoes will begin to soften, when they do, remove the pan from the heat. Add the pasta when it's to your liking, mix in the pesto and you're ready to serve
  5. There are lots of options with pesto, the preserved store bought stuff is generally not good quality and usually high in salt. There are some fresh store bought options that are better but making your own is always the tastiest and most versatile option. If you're vegetarian, it's worth pointing out that Parmesan is NOT vegetarian, grana padano however, is a good alternative. If you're vegan then nutritional yeast is a good alternative to cheese. There's probably another recipe idea here… 🤔

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