Recipe of Super Quick Homemade Green Asparagus with Basil Pesto

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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have green asparagus with basil pesto using 7 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Green Asparagus with Basil Pesto:

1. Make ready 500 grams Green asparagus
2. Prepare 3 tbsp and plus Basil pesto
3. Make ready 1 tbsp Salt for cooking asparagus
4. Make ready 1 bowlful Cold water (with ice, preferably)
5. Make ready 1 tbsp Olive oil
6. Make ready 1 pinch Black pepper
7. Take 1 Shaved parmesan cheese, optional

Steps to make Green Asparagus with Basil Pesto:

1. Toast the pine nuts in a frying pan and make the basil pesto. You can shave the cheese to finish the dish instead of using it in the sauce.
2. Cut off about 1 cm from the bottoms of the asparagus. Rinse with running water. Prepare a bowlful of cold water with ice. Preheat the oven to 180℃.
3. Salt the boiled water (use 1 tablespoon of salt per 1000 ml of water) and bowl the asparagus until al dente. Prepare a tea towel.
4. Remove the asparagus from the boiling water and place immediately in cold water. Move to a tea towel or paper towel. Pat dry lightly.
5. Arrange the asparagus on a baking tray and drizzle on 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Bake for 5 minutes in an oven at 180℃.
6. Pour the basil pesto onto a serving plate and place the asparagus on top. Serve with black pepper and shaved parmesan cheese.
7. I don't have a special asparagus pot so I cook the asparagus upright in a deep pot for 20 seconds first and then lay them down to cook further.
8. If you like melted cheese on top, microwave for 1 minute at Step 6.
9. I used this basil pesto for the white asparagus but I think it works better with green asparagus.

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