Asparagus Cream Cheese Fettuccini

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.
- Ready In:
- 11mins
- Serves:
- Units:
5
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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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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.Reply
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