Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, pasta primavera v.2. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Pasta Primavera-this classic pasta dish is a wonderful mixture of colorful vegetables and a simple lemon Parmesan cream sauce. It was soon being served at restaurants all over and is. A hearty, veggie packed pasta dish that's perfect for serving year round!
Pasta Primavera v.2 is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Pasta Primavera v.2 is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have pasta primavera v.2 using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Pasta Primavera v.2:
- Get 2 tbsp 2-3 Tblsp extra virgin LIGHT olive oil, see note
- Prepare 1 medium summer squash - yellow
- Prepare 1 medium Italian squash - green
- Take 1 medium yellow or green pepper
- Take 7 each asparagus spears
- Make ready 7 each sun dried tomatoes
- Take 1/2 tsp each parsley, dill, chives
- Prepare 1 pinch red pepper flakes - or to your liking
- Get 1 pinch oregano
- Prepare 1/4 cup white wine
- Make ready 3 tsp butter
- Get 1 1/2 tsp capers w/vinegar (non pareil type/small)
- Prepare 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- Make ready 1 pecorino/romano grated cheese
- Prepare 1 Extra virgin olive oil
- Take 1/2 box penne pasta, cooked al dente
For whatever reason, my mother made her primavera with angel hair pasta, which is a gossamer version of spaghetti that cooks in seconds. This Pasta Primavera looks delicious and tastes good, too. Toss the pasta with the vegetable mixtures in a large bowl to combine. Toss with the cherry tomatoes and enough reserved cooking liquid to moisten.
Steps to make Pasta Primavera v.2:
- While preparing vegetables set a pot of water to boil and cook mini penne about 6-7 minutes until al dente. By the time the pasta is cooked the vegetables will be ready. The dish cooks up fairly quickly.
- Prep all vegetables. Wash, dry and slice both squash in half then into 1/4" slices. Wash dry asparagus spears - snap off ends then slice spears into 1" pieces. Slice sun dried tomatoes into 1/4" slices. There are two types of sun dried tomatoes-soft and hard. If you have hard dried tomatoes, reconstitute them by soaking them in hot water for about 15-20 minutes until they soften. Slice pepper into 1" slices then cut slices in half.
- In a large saute pan over medium heat put in about 2-3 tablespoons (depending on the size of the pan) of extra virgin LIGHT olive oil, 1/2 of the butter and red pepper flakes. When oil is heated add peppers and tomatoes. Cook for 2 minutes. Add herbs stir and cook for a minute more.
- Add squash and asparagus - stir to incorporate vegetables. Once veggies heat up add wine (in center of pan-don't stir) cook for about 1 minute. Add butter (allow it to melt) then add lemon juice, capers, and cover. Turn heat down to medium low and cook for about 2 minutes. Do not overcook squash. They shouldn't be soft. They should cook up al dente like pasta.
- When pasta is cooked, drain, return to pot (not over heat), add a few drizzles of extra virgin olive oil and stir. Add enough oil to coat pasta not drown in oil. Add generous helping of cheese and stir. Pour veggies over cooked pasta and add another generous sprinkling of cheese.
The classic sauce for pasta primavera is based on a combination of olive oil and Parmesan cheese, however we like to enrich ours with some heavy cream and chicken broth. For the pasta itself, we used bow-tie pasta for its distinctive look and the better chance to getting kids to enjoy it. Pasta Primavera translates to "Spring Pasta" and it's, obviously, perfect for this time of year! It's completely customizable to what kind of veggies you like or have on hand! I added broccolini (the best!), bell pepper, snap peas and cherry tomatoes, but feel free to add whatever you like.
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