Asparagus Basil Pesto Pasta with Italian Sausage Seasoned Walnuts
Submitted by karriej on March 1, 2009 - 12:55pm
(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 reponses to "Asparagus Basil Pesto Pasta with Italian Sausage Seasoned Walnuts"
1. This sounds delicious. I love
This sounds delicious. I love the seasoning mix for sausages- fennel, garlic, red pepper... I'm excited to try.
2. i liked the walnut dish after
i liked the walnut dish after trying.thanks for posting this one
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3. just tried this tonight and
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.
4. Looks amazing. I cant' wait
Looks amazing. I cant' wait to try!
5. The "Italian Sausage Flavored
The "Italian Sausage Flavored Walnuts" will be the result of combining the ingredients listed under that subtitle.
6. I am new to raw foods. Where
I am new to raw foods. Where can I get sausage flavored walnuts. I appreciate any advice you'd like to share.
7. This sounds lovely, I've
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!