Pasta with Green Asparagus and Watercress
Pasta with green asparagus and watercress is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the sprout vegetable category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 2 shallots
- 1 Garlic clove
- 500 g Green Asparagus
- 400 g spaghetti
- Salt
- 2 tbsp butter
- 20 g fresh horseradish
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 200 ml vegetable stock (glass)
- 100 g mascarpone (at least 80% fat content)
- pepper (ground)
- 1 bowl watercress
- horseradish strips for garnish
Instructions
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1.
Peel and finely chop the shallots and garlic. Wash the asparagus, trim 1 cm from the ends and peel thinly if necessary. Cut the asparagus diagonally into pieces about 5 cm long.
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2.
Cook the spaghetti in plenty of salted water according to package instructions until al dente.
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3.
Heat the butter in a large non-stick pan and sauté the shallots with the garlic. Peel and grate the horseradish, then mix immediately with lemon juice. Add the asparagus and pour in the vegetable stock; heat through. Drain the pasta, add it to the sauce, stir in the horseradish mixture and mascarpone, and season with salt and pepper.
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4.
Chop the watercress and bundle it with the horseradish strips. Plate the pasta on a hot platter and garnish with the watercress bundles before serving.
