Asparagus pesto

Name: Asparagus pesto
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Accompaniment
Ingredients: 3 garlic cloves, choped; 1 onion medium, chopped; 1 pine nuts; 2 asparagus packet, woolworths; 1 lemon zest and juice; fresh chillies 573; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 parmesan cheese grated

6 servings Prep: 5 mins, Cooking: 5 mins

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By Food24 October 04 2010

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Ingredients (8)

3	garlic — cloves, choped
1	onion — medium, chopped
1	pine nuts
2	asparagus — packet, woolworths
1	lemon — zest and juice
	fresh chillies — 573
	salt and freshly ground black pepper
1	parmesan cheese — grated

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Method:

Lightly
sauté the onion and garlic in some olive oil until the onions become translucent,
and then put aside.
Roast pine nuts in a pan until they brown, being careful
not to let them burn.
Steam the asparagus stems for 2 minutes, and then add the
tips, steam for another minute.
Then blend
onion, garlic, pine nuts, Parmesan, lemon rind, lemon juice with steamed asparagus,
adding salt, pepper and more olive oil to taste.
Serve with
fusilli.