Pasta with Goat Cheese, Lemon, and Asparagus

Name: Pasta with Goat Cheese, Lemon, and Asparagus
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 454 grams slender asparagus spears, trimmed, cut into 1- to 1 1/2-inch pieces; 142 grams log soft fresh goat cheese; 59 milliliters olive oil; 454 grams fusilli or rotini (spiral-shaped pasta); 2 teaspoons chopped fresh tarragon plus sprigs for garnish

Pasta with Goat Cheese, Lemon, and Asparagus might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 16g of protein, 15g of fat, and a total of 439 calories. If you have slender asparagus spears, rotini pasta), olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 15 minutes.

Instructions

Cook pasta in large pot of boiling saltedwater until almost tender, stirringoccasionally, about 7 minutes.

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Pasta

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Addasparagus and cook until pasta is tender butstill firm to bite, about 3 minutes longer.

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Meanwhile, combine oil, lemon peel, andchopped tarragon in large bowl. Coarselycrumble in goat cheese.

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Drain pasta and asparagus, reserving1 cup cooking liquid.

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Add hot pasta,asparagus, and 1/4 cup reserved cookingliquid to bowl with cheese mixture. Tossto coat, adding more reserved liquid if dry.Season pasta to taste with salt and pepper.

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