Asparagus Basil Pesto Pasta with Italian Sausage Seasoned Walnuts

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Average: 4.5 (2 votes)
Servings: 
8

I have been reminiscing about my stay at Tree of Life last spring and all the wonderful aspargus dishes we had. Here is my inspired dish. I hope you enjoy as much as we did.

Ingredients: 

Pasta
4 Zucchinis, jullienned or spiralized

Pesto
1/2 lb fresh asparagus
1 large bunch of basil
1/4 cup of pinenuts
2 large garlic cloves
olive oil

Italian Sausage flavored Walnuts
2 cups soaked and dried walnuts
3 t paprika
1/2 t garlic powder
1 t sea salt
1/2 t fennel seed
1 t freshly ground black pepper
1/4 t crushed red pepper flakes

Preparation: 

First lightly salt zucchini and set aside to soften.
Second in a food processor pulse pinenuts until finely ground then add asparagus and garlic. Pulse some more. Add basil last and enough olive oil to make a nice paste and pulse until totally combined.
Clean out food processor to start walnuts. Add soaked walnuts and all spices togather in food proccesor and pulse until you get a ground texture.
Drain any liquid off the zucchini and top with pesto and sprinkle with spiced walnuts. Enjoy!

7 comments

Mariposa's picture
Mariposa wrote 31 weeks 6 days ago

This sounds delicious. I love the seasoning mix for sausages- fennel, garlic, red pepper... I'm excited to try.

 
lynwoodyu4 wrote 39 weeks 17 hours ago

i liked the walnut dish after trying.thanks for posting this one

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shani76 wrote 42 weeks 4 days ago
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just tried this tonight and it was excellent. i like a cheesy taste in my pesto so i added nutritional yeast, and also a little sea salt. had it with kelp noodles instead of zucchini. i LOVE the sausage! thank you so much for the recipe. delicious.

emilyjayne's picture
emilyjayne wrote 49 weeks 5 days ago

Looks amazing. I cant' wait to try!

emtpdmom's picture
emtpdmom wrote 1 year 1 week ago

The "Italian Sausage Flavored Walnuts" will be the result of combining the ingredients listed under that subtitle.

kyannie's picture
kyannie wrote 1 year 1 week ago

I am new to raw foods. Where can I get sausage flavored walnuts. I appreciate any advice you'd like to share.

sv3's picture
sv3 wrote 1 year 1 week ago

This sounds lovely, I've recently discovered just how nice zucchini pasta is and really like asparagus so will have to try this soon. Thanks!

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