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Tagliatelle with asparagus and cream

First Courses

Difficulty People Time
Easy 4 30 minuti
Ingredients
250 g Egg tagliatelle
500 g Asparagus (to be cleaned)
200 g Cooking Cream Sterilgarda
1 shallot
q.b. thyme
q.b. Lemon zest to grate
2 cucchiaio extra virgin olive oil
q.b. fine salt
q.b. black pepper
Preparation
  1. Clean the asparagus: remove the toughest end and peel the stem with a vegetable peeler, then cut it into 1 cm rounds and halve the tips. You'll need about 300 g of cleaned asparagus in total.
  2. Clean and chop the shallot.
  3. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil to cook the pasta, and heat a drizzle of oil in another pan.
  4. Pour the shallot into the pan and let it soften for a minute, then add the sliced ​​asparagus.
  5. Add the tips, salt, pepper and flavour with the thyme leaves.
  6. Cook over high heat for about 5 minutes. When the asparagus is cooked but still crunchy, remove the tips from the pan and set aside 10.
  7. Pour the Sterilgarda Cooking Cream into the pan and flavour with grated lemon zest.
  8. Plunge the tagliatelle into the water that will have come to a boil in the meantime.
  9. Continue cooking the sauce over low heat for the duration of the pasta cooking time, then drain the tagliatelle al dente into the pan and sauté over high heat for a minute.
  10. Plate the pasta with cream and asparagus, garnishing with the reserved tips and fresh thyme to taste.
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