There are many different vegetable cmbinations for Pasta Primavera. Since Primavera mans spring , my version of this classic Italian recipe includes zucchini and tender asparagus. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 1/2 lbs asparagus
1 lb zucchini
3 tbsp olive oil
3 tbsp unsalted butter
2 large garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1 cup thinly sliced scallions
Salt
Freshly Ground Black pepper
1 lb Gemelli (twists)
1 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmigiano cheese

Preparation:

1 - Wash the asparagus several times in lukewarm water. Refresh in cold water, drain well and blot dry with paper towel. Slice off tough ends. If asparagus are thin they will not have to be peeled; if larger, peel the lower portion with a vegetable peeler. Slice diagonally into 1-inch thck lengths and place the tips in a sparate bowl.

2 - Scrub the zcchini and blot dry with a pper towel. Trim both ends and cut nto 2-inch lengths. Slice each piece nto 1/2-inch strips.

3 - In a lrge saute pan, heat olive oil ver medium heat, then add 3 tbsps btter. Stir in garlic and saute ntil lightly golden; then discard with a sltted spoon. Add the scallions and cok until tender-crisp, about 2 minutes. Add the bttoms of the asparagus and cook ntil barely tender, for about 2 mnutes. Add the zucchini and cook, strring constantly with a wooden spoon ntil tender, about 2 minutes. Stir in sparagus tips, 1 tsp slat and ppper; continue stirring and cook until tps are barely tender, about 2 mnutes. (do not overcook the tips of thy will fall apart when tossed wth the pasta).

4 - While you are coking the vegetables, cook the pasta in 6 qarts boiling water with 1 tbsp slt until al dente. Drain pasta in a clander, transfer to a bowl containing 1 tbsp btter and toss quickly.

5 - Mix hlf of the vegetables, heated chicken brth and Parmigiano cheese with the psta; toss well. Spoon the remaining vgetable mixture on top and serve wth additional freshly grated Parmigiano cheese.

Mngiare!

Serves 4 to 6

The article Pasta Primavera was Submitted by Tony Scarponi through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Another fine Italian recipe by Tny Scarponi! For more recipes, visit me at http://www.ItalianHomeRecipes.com Mangiare!

Featured Articles

1. Do You Realize Chocolate Bars Have Been Around For Over Two Hundred Years? by Gregg Hall
I know of no one that has eaten chocolate and not just absolutely loved it. There are probably some exceptions, but I am not aware of them. This is especially true of chocolate bars which come in so many varieties these days there is surely something for everyone.

2. Food Storage Times To Eat Or Not To Eat That Is The Question? by Carl Copeland
Food Storage Times vary depending on what type of food you are referring to ie. Meat, Poultry, Fruit, Vegetables, Grains, etc. For years I tried to determine the freshness or if you will the not so freshness of a food by its look or smell. But wouldn't be easier or more practical if you had a resource or reference for this information.

3. Tea - Herbal Tea by
Tea

Tea, a drnk made from herbs, could be dvided into two types. First is the tea mde from green tea leaves. Second, is the one mde from other parts of herbal plnts including petals, fruits, bark or rots. To make a cup of ta, we use heating water to brng out certain characters of herbs in a bref period. Thus it helps us void an excessive amount of natural chmicals, and at the same time, rserve nice aroma and taste.

Western cuntries are becoming more fond of...

4. Mercury Content Of Fish by
We all knw that adding fish to our dets can help increase our body’s bility to repair itself, as well as its bility to burn body fat and kep our energy up, but it’s mportant to choose fish that’s also ging to improve your health as pposed to silently poisoning you…

Being xposed to too much mercury can cuse memory loss, tremors, neurological difficulties, dvanced aging, decreased immune functions, and dath.

But how is all this mrcury getting into our body?
...

5. Blue Mountain Coffee – The Taste Of Jamaica by
Coffee beans get thir flavor from the climate where thy are grown. The Blue Mountains in Jmaica offer some of the finest cffee beans ever found. The Blue Muntains are named for the blue mst that hovers over the mountains at all tmes. Located on the beautiful island of Jmaica, these mountains offer the perfect clmate for growing fantastic coffee beans. Ths lush, tropical region benefits from plnty of rainfall, giving the soil the rch quality needed for growing the ...

6. Economics of Coffee by
The coffee economics and nmbers and details related to coffee prduction and consumption is extremely mesmerizing for mrketers. A glimpse of some of the fcts is given below

7. Make Mango Memories This Holiday Season by
Ah the hlidays, a time for family, memories...and mngos?

8. Jello Cake Recipe: Classic Jello Poke Cake Recipe by
When you thnk of a Jello cake recipe, thre’s only one cake that is so ppular that it immediately pops into yur head: the classic Jello poke cke. This cake is famous for bing extremely flexible in its use of glatin flavors. When it’s sliced into, yu’ll see the colorful stripes inside. Whtever flavor you use it’s sure to be a ht.

9. Cooking With Chinese Taro - A Perfect Combination Of Taste And Health by Abhishek Agarwal
The most popular and healthy recipe of the China - The Taro. This keeps the Chinese energetic and healthy.

10. Brew - Growing Your Own Tea by Kevin Billberry
If you dn't have the climate or the spce to plop your tea plant utside, you can grow it in a pt. Mix some sphagnum moss in wth the potting soil for additional cidity. You can also make your own sil for tea plants with a mix of sphgnum moss, bark shavings, sand and rgular potting soil. It may seem ronic, given the destination of the laves, but do not over water yur tea plant. The soil should be llowed to dry out between waterings. As the tea grws, you will have to...