Name: Asparagus Cream Cheese Fettuccini
Prep time: 6 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 11 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 5 ounces frozen asparagus; 1 (350 g) package fresh pasta (fettucini); 4 ounces cream cheese with garlic and herbs; 1 tablespoon old mustard; 1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted

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Asparagus Cream Cheese Fettuccini created by Annacia

Only 5 ingredients and just a few minutes to prepare if using fresh pasta. I guess you can use regular pasta but it will take a few more minutes. In the recipe, it's Moutarde a l'ancienne. Recipezaar can't find that. Ancienne means old. So I wrote old mustard. The brand Maille has this mustard.

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ingredients

5 ounces frozen asparagus
1 (350 g) package fresh pasta (fettucini)
4 ounces cream cheese with garlic and herbs
1 tablespoon old mustard
¹⁄₄ cup pine nuts, toasted

directions

Cut the asparagus in 3 pieces each. In a large saucepan with boiling salted water, cook pasta 2 minutes. Add asparagus and keep cooking for 3 minutes or until pasta are al dente. Drain but keep 2/3 cup of the cooking water. Put the pasta and asparagus back in the saucepan.
In a little bowl, with a whisk, stir cream cheese, mustard and cooking water. Pour on the pasta and stir well. Garnish each serving with toasted pine nuts and serve now.

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"Only 5 ingredients and just a few minutes to prepare if using fresh pasta. I guess you can use regular pasta but it will take a few more minutes. In the recipe, it's Moutarde a l'ancienne. Recipezaar can't find that. Ancienne means old. So I wrote old mustard. The brand Maille has this mustard."

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photo by Annacia

4/30/2012

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review by Annacia

4/30/2012

This hit the spot last night when I wanted something quick and simple. I skipped the nuts for personal preference. My very first thought was "humm, oh well" but by the third or forth bite the clean simple flavors of the fresh asparagus that I used, the richness of the cream cheese (low-fat) and the taste of the very good quality pasta it's self had won me over and I enjoyed the rest of my dinner. I would make this again but I *might* try it without the mustard for comparisons sake.

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8/26/2010

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review by morgainegeiser

8/25/2010

I used fresh aspargus, just cooked it first and then added. Also, couldn't find any pine nuts at the supermarket, but they sound like a good addition. Easy and quick to put together.

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review by Realtor by day

10/20/2009

Yum! We enjoyed this one. Thansk, Boomette. Made for 123 tag.

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