Entry #2317, April 19, 2013

Isn’t it best to upgrade your favorite meal with nutritious ingredients? Just like the all-time favorite spaghetti recipe where you have your sauce, pork and cheese. Now, imagine adding asparagus, smoked mozzarella and prosciutto into your spaghetti. These ingredients can definitely add zest to your typical spaghetti. Thanks Food Network for this delicious recipe!

Spaghetti w/Asparagus, Smoked Mozzarella & Prosciutto 

Spaghetti with Asparagus

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Ingredients

• 2 pounds asparagus, trimmed
• 3/4 pound spaghetti
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 6 ounces thinly sliced prosciutto, cut crosswise into strips
• 6 ounces smoked mozzarella cheese, diced (about 1 cup)
• 6 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh basil leaves

Spaghetti with asparagus

Image via: Food Network

Directions

1. Cook the asparagus in a large pot of boiling salted water until crisp tender, about 2 to 3 minutes. With a spider or slotted spoon, remove asparagus from boiling water to a bowl of ice water to cool and stop the cooking. When cool, strain, cut asparagus into 1-inch pieces, and set aside.
2. Return the water in the pot to a boil, adding additional water, if necessary. Add the pasta and cook until al dente, tender but still firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain the pasta, reserving 1 cup of the cooking liquid.
3. Heat the oil in a heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and sauté until fragrant, about 20 seconds. Add asparagus to the skillet. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Add the pasta, and if needed, some of the reserved cooking liquid. Toss to coat. Add the prosciutto, mozzarella, and basil, and toss to combine. Turn off the heat. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and serve.

With this recipe, you can serve up to six persons. Add a toast of bread beside the plate and it’s a one of a kind spaghetti recipe that you surely want to keep on serving.

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