Chilled Pasta with Seasonal Tomatoes, Asparagus and Basil
Chilled Pasta with Seasonal Tomatoes, Asparagus and Basil

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, chilled pasta with seasonal tomatoes, asparagus and basil. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cook in a small pot of boiling water until tender, drain and rinse under cold water. Once cooked, drain pasta, rinse under cold water, return to the pot and stir in your homemade pesto. Add the sun-dried tomatoes, cooked asparagus and pine nuts and stir to combine.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have chilled pasta with seasonal tomatoes, asparagus and basil using 9 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chilled Pasta with Seasonal Tomatoes, Asparagus and Basil:
  1. Prepare 140 grams Spaghetti (capellini)
  2. Take 300 grams Ripe fruit tomatoes (or any kind of ripe and sweet tomatoes)
  3. Get 4 Asparagus
  4. Take 30 grams ○Fresh basil (leaves only)
  5. Make ready 100 ml ○Olive oil
  6. Get 1 small clove ○Garlic (finely chopped)
  7. Make ready 1/2 ○Lemon juice
  8. Prepare 1 tsp ○Salt
  9. Prepare 1 Coarsely ground black pepper

Drain and rinse under cool water. Stir in tomatoes, and salt and pepper to taste. For a cold pasta salad version: rinse the pasta in cold water as soon as it's al dente, then drain and toss with the other ingredients. Using sun-dried tomatoes instead of fresh will help prevent the pasta salad from becoming soggy.

Steps to make Chilled Pasta with Seasonal Tomatoes, Asparagus and Basil:
  1. Clean the basil and remove the stalks. Chop finely with your knife.
  2. Squeeze the lemon.
  3. Put the ○ ingredients in a large bowl and blitz with a hand mixer until smooth.
  4. When the basil is chopped finely and the sauce looks like this, it is done.
  5. I used medium-sized fruit tomatoes. 12 of them with the stems removed weighed 256 g.
  6. Blanch the tomatoes for 30 seconds in hot water, then put them in iced water. Peel and dice them into small pieces.
  7. Peel the woody part of the asparagus and slice diagonally. Blanch in boiling salted water.
  8. Add the fruit tomatoes and asparagus to the sauce from Step 4. Mix it all together and chill in the fridge.
  9. Boil the capellini until tender. Drain in a colander and rinse with cold water. Soak in iced water to chill, and drain well.
  10. Mix the pasta with the sauce. Check the seasoning, and add more salt if necessary.
  11. Transfer to serving dishes and garnish with basil leaves. Sprinkle with coarsely ground black pepper and serve while still chilled.

For this version, definitely add a bit of olive oil when tossing the ingredients together, to prevent the pasta from sticking together in clumps, and I suggest. Add the asparagus stalks, white wine and salt and mix well. Stir in asparagus tips and shrimp. Cook until butter melts, stirring constantly. Add the cooked pasta, tossing to mix.

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