Pasta With Asparagus, Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Goat Cheese
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup leek, thinly sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup white wine
- 1⁄2 cup sun-dried tomato packed in oil, drained and coarsely chopped
- 12 ounces dried corkscrew macaroni or 12 ounces penne pasta
- 1⁄2 lb fresh asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
- salt
- fresh ground pepper
- 4 ounces soft fresh goat cheese, cut into small pieces
directions
- Bring large pot of salted water to a boil. Meanwhile in large skillet, heat oil and saute leeks, stirring often, about 3 minutes or until softened.
- Add garlic, thyme, wine and sun-dried tomatoes.
- Cook 1 minute, then remove from heat and set aside.
- Add pasta to the pot of boiling water, and cook according to package directions.
- About 2 minutes before pasta is done, add asparagus and cook just until tender. Drain pasta and asparagus and transfer to shallow serving bowl.
- Reheat sauce and add to pasta, tossing to coat.
- Season with salt and pepper and add goat cheese. Serve hot.
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Reviews
- I just found this online during a search to replace the paper recipe I'd lost. This is my go-to recipe for impressing guests. I'm an OK cook, not great, but this turns out amazing every time. I cut this out from Vegetarian Times back in the mid 90s and I've used it off and on for 20 years. Highly recommended.
- Wonderful
- This pasta dish was really quite nice... just the thing for our leftover asparagus! I was a bit worried that the "sauce" would be too dry but once the Goat cheese was mixed in it was fine. Some red pepper flakes could be added to give it a bit more pizazz.
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My husband and I married straight out of college in July of 1992. I work as the Assistant Manager at a wine shop which allows me to drink on the job! (OK, not that much, but it's still a fun job...) Besides helping customers choose wine they will like (and also help with food and wine pairings for their menus), I also get to help with the catering end of the business, so I get to spend a fair amount of time in the kitchen making fun appetizers and beautiful food displays. I also work part-time at the fromagerie next door. So yeah - that means I eat on the job, too. :^D
We live on several peaceful wooded acres on a cute little river in rural NE Wisconsin, with a cranky old-lady Burmese and whatever stray outdoor cats that have decided to adopt us on any given day. The cute puppy in the picture is Jake, our Elhew-bred English Pointer that we brought home on Easter weekend 2007. I've also got 2 painted turtles named Dennis and Fuzz, and a bunch of fish (koi and goldfish, along with the guppies & swordtails in the turtle tank).
I USUALLY eat and cook healthy, but I rarely pass up dessert, either. I do not eat red meat, and try to limit other animal products, too. I love to bake, although I seem to collect a lot of scone and biscotti recipes which I NEVER get around to making. I bake and eat A LOT of cookies and muffins... I almost always reduce the sugar by 1/4 and use whole wheat pastry flour for at least part of the flour. Those two changes do so much to make recipes healthier without compromising taste. I try to reduce fat whenever I can, too, but while I want to eat healthy, I still want to ENJOY what I eat!!!
I seem to give a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews here - I seem to have a pretty good sense of what I like by looking at a recipe before I try it. Thank you to anyone that tries my recipes in return, or photographs them.
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