I had bought lots of beautiful asparagus from Russo’s last week and needed to use it before it went bad. When I saw this Martha Stewart recipe that involved asparagus AND goat cheese, I automatically decided to make it. I really enjoy making pasta dishes, especially near the end of the week. They always give me lots of leftovers, making it easy to grab a quick meal before going out on a Friday or Saturday night.
It was really quick and easy to make and involves very few ingredients. First, put the asparagus on a pan with a teaspoon of butter sprinkled around.
Bake it at 450 degrees for 10-15 minutes, until it’s nice and tender. Meanwhile, boil your pasta until it’s al dente. The recipe called for cavatappi, but I used fusilli because I thought it was prettier (and a little less macaroni salad-ish). When you drain your pasta, be sure to save about 1 1/2 cups of the water.
The sauce for the pasta involves about 5 ounces of goat cheese and 3 tablespoons of butter. OK, so it’s not the healthiest thing in the world, but it’s sooo good.
Whisk the goat cheese and butter together, along with half a cup of the pasta water.
Then add the asparagus and sauce to the pasta and mix. I added peas too, because…well, I like peas. I also bought chicken with the intention of adding a little protein to the dish and then I put the chicken in the fridge and promptly forgot about it. Until I was doing the dishes and realized I didn’t have any pans to wash. But I do think chicken would have gone wonderfully with the dish.
Serve it with some chives on top! Yum!
If you are a goat cheese fan, trust me, you will like this! And yes, it gave me lots and lots of leftovers!
I happily listened to Ryan Adams’ Heartbreaker while I cooked….because he’s coming to Boston in September and I’m all kinds of excited. Happy weekend!
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Whoa! I was in the shower this morning and thought, “Shoot! I bought those two bundles of asparagus last weekend and haven’t cooked them yet. What can I do with them this weekend?”
Looks like I need to go out and get goat cheese!! Thanks!
haha…this looks pretty revolting, but i trust you! i’ll give it a shot!
oh.wow. that looks amazing! Goat cheese is amazing (except it took me 25 years to finally try it!)
I discovered goat cheese last summer and we havent’ been apart since. I looooove it. This recipe looks FABULOUS I am so trying it (even though i’m trying to get back i shape. I am completely blaming you if i gain another 5 lbs
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Delish!!
This has SPRING written all over it!
I saw this recipe and have already bought the ingredients. Looks delicious!
(Yeah, I read this all the time and wish I could keep up with all your recipes – they all look so good!)
OMG that looks delicious, I may have to try and make that this week still…I’ll let you know how it goes!
~Kate
My boyfriend and I love asparagus AND goat cheese. I’m sure I’ll try this!
hubby and i love chèvre! i’ll be sure to try this one, too! thanks, again!
Sorry i tried your recipe and was very disapointed, you can make an easy alfredo sauce which i think tastes much better with some heavy cream and parmesan, this recipe tasted like pasta with cream cheese. The roasted asparagus though were very tasty
I’m making this tonight!! So excited, looks so yummy.