Lentil Penne with Asparagus
Lentil Penne with Asparagus

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, lentil penne with asparagus. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook lentil penne with asparagus using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Lentil Penne with Asparagus:
  1. Make ready 6 asparagus stalks
  2. Prepare Half punnet of quartered cherry tomatoes
  3. Get Handful chopped pitted black olives
  4. Prepare 200 g red lentil pasta
  5. Make ready 3 finely chopped garlic cloves
  6. Make ready 100 ml pesto
Instructions to make Lentil Penne with Asparagus:
  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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