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Classic pasta primavera
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| Prep: 20 minutes Cook: 10 minutes Ingredients: | |
| 1/2 pound | angel hair pasta |
| spaghetti, alternative | |
| 1 small bunch | broccoli, about 1 heaping cup of florets |
| 1 small | zucchini, diced |
| 4 | asparagus spears |
| 1/2 cup | frozen peas |
| 1/2 cup | snow peas |
| 3 | minced garlic cloves |
| 3 Roma or other paste tomatoes, seeded and diced | |
| 12 | basil leaves, chopped |
| 4 tbs | butter |
| 1/4 cup | chicken broth |
| 1/2 cup | heavy cream |
| 1/2 cup | grated parmesean cheese |
1- get a large pot of water boiling. Salt it well. It should taste like the sea.
Fill a large bowl with ice water. Boil the broccoli for 1 minute. Add the asparagus and boil another minute. Add the snow peas and boil for 30 more seconds. Remove all the vegetables and plunge them into the ice water. Once they're cool, drain in a colander.
If you want, you can boil the pasta in the same pot you boiled the vegetables in, or you can start over and boil new water .
2- in a large sauté pan, heat the butter over medium high heat. When the butter is hot, add the garlic and zucchini and sauté 1 minute. Add the diced tomatoes and sauté another two minutes , stirring often.
3- pour in the chicken broth and turn the heat to high to bring it to a boil. Add the cream and toss in all the vegetables you boiled, plus the peas. Stir to combine. Turn the heat down until the cream- chicken broth mixture is just simmering , not boiling.
4- add the parmesean cheese and stir to combine. If the sauce seems too thick,--- it should be pretty thick, but not gloppy- add some more chicken broth, cream or water.
5- boil the angel hair pasta. Note; if you are using spaghetti, you will want to start cooking it before you start sautéing the garlic and zucchini . Angel hair will only need 1-2 minutes to cook, spaghetti can take 8-12 minutes.
As soon as the pasta is done, transfer with thongs into th sauce and stir to combine. Add the basil now, and taste for salt. Add salt if needed. Grind in some black pepper over everything and serve immediately .
You will want a dry white wine with this dish.
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