Description
Who knew you could upgrade store-bought pesto to chef-quality?
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb loose Italian sausage
- 2 tbsp pine nuts
- 1 bunch asparagus chopped
- 1 cup store bought pesto
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- Juice of one lemon
Instructions
- In a large skillet, brown Italian sausage, use a spatula to break up the sausage into bite sized pieces.
- Once the sausage is browned, add pine nuts and cook for 1 minute, just until the pine nuts are toasty and fragrant.
- Add the chopped asparagus to the pan and cook for 2 minutes, or until the asparagus is bright green and tender.
- Add in 1 cup of store bought pesto, and heavy cream. Stir together until a thick sauce is formed. Add the juice of one lemon and serve over your favorite pasta.
- Garnish with Parmesan cheese and fresh basil leaves.
