A super delicious and simple to make dish. Super creamy!
FULL LIST OF INGREDIENTS: Rigatoni (Garofalo), green asparagus, thin slices of pancetta, a couple of cloves of garlic, a handful of basil leaves, a couple of smaller fresh tomatoes, a couple of TBS of crème fraîche, a TBS of grated grana padano, a couple TBS of olive oil, cracked black pepper and salt
PREPARATION: Prepare the green asparagus by removing the hard parts, take a large skillet, pour in a couple of TBS of olive oil, moderate heat, add the sliced garlic and pancetta, after a few minutes add the green saparagus cut into 1 cm rings, sautee for a couple of minutes more, in a separate pot bring salted water to a boil and add the pasta, cook VERY al dente, transfer the pasta to a skillet, add the already cut tomatoes, add a bit of pasta water, add crème fraîche, cracked black pepper and salt (if needed), add torn basil, toss to bring out the creaminess of the sauce, this last step is VERY important, add the cheese (if using), plate up and enjoy.
This particular combination of ingredients works very well together.
If you have it, you can replace pancetta with a more substantial thing like an italian salsiccia (sweet or hot) and it will give you a spectacular dish.
Replacing crème fraîche with cream (single or double) works great.
Also a hard pecorino cheese instead of grana padano would work works great too.
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