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Asparagus Pesto with Tiny Potatoes and Pasta Recipe

Asparagus Pesto with Tiny Potatoes and Pasta

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  • on November 22, 2009

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    This was an excellent dish. I made a half recipe for two people and there is enough pesto leftover for another day. My asparagus was on its last leg and this was a great way to use it up. It is nice to be generous with the garlic and the potatoes proved to hold up well by the boil and then brown method. Mine were a bit larger and so I cut in half as suggested and it gave a nice surface to brown. My husband loved it.... now we have a new staple dish.... always nice.

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  • on March 17, 2009

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    I made this recipe from his cookbook and we enjoyed it very much. The pesto was smooth and creamy because of the asparagus, but I found that the flavor of the asparagus didn't come through much. Maybe my bunch was too small after I trimmed it down - I will try using more next time. Also, in the Tra Vigne cookbook it doesn't call for the 1.5 cups of basil added in with the pasta (the only basil is what's used in the pesto and I think that the extra basil he mentions here would be overwhelming. I would recommend trying without it.

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  • on July 14, 2008

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    Pasta and potatoes -- two of my favorite foods! I prepared the asparagus pesto, which is delicious, a little early, adding a couple of squeezes of fresh lemon juice to help preserve the color. Not sure I've ever seen a marble size potato, but the golden crust created with cut potatoes made the dish very attractive, so I would likely always use small, cut potatoes for this reason.

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  • on July 27, 2005

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    An absolutely delicious meal all by itself. If you love asparagus, pesto, pasta and potatoes this recipe is for you. With the hot weather, my family enjoyed this as a leftover cold salad straight out of the refrigerator. Yummy!

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  • on April 05, 2005

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    This dish was a hit!, the pesto sauce tasted umbelievable for such a simple combination of ingredients, used in conjunction with the seasoned sauteed crispy, yummy small potatoes- delish. I served the sauce with vegetable bow tie pasta and my boyfriend and i devoured it. We are both vegetarians so the utilisation of the asparagus along with the veggie pasta was a tasty way to get all those veggies we all so desperately need! Cheers to michael!

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  • on April 03, 2005

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    I thought the the taste of the overall flavor was boring. Something was missing. I ended up throwing the entire dish out.

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  • on April 02, 2005

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    Easy, delicious, different!

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  • on April 01, 2005

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    Did not like the taste of the asparagus pesto. I don't think I will make it again.

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  • on February 24, 2005

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    The asparagus gave the pesto a depth that just basil doesn't give.

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  • on July 16, 2004

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    The asparagus gave the pesto a depth that just basil doesn't give.

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