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A small plate of Easy Pesto Pasta with basil, sausage, pesto sauce, and asparagus as a large plate of the dish sits in the background.

Easy Pesto Pasta 


  • Author: Anna Franklin

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

  1. In a large skillet, brown Italian sausage, use a spatula to break up the sausage into bite sized pieces.
  2. Once the sausage is browned, add pine nuts and cook for 1 minute, just until the pine nuts are toasty and fragrant.
  3. Add the chopped asparagus to the pan and cook for 2 minutes, or until the asparagus is bright green and tender.
  4. 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.
  5. Garnish with Parmesan cheese and fresh basil leaves.