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Uunifeta-parsapasta

Name: Uunifeta-parsapasta
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Finnish
Ingredients: 1 bunch green asparagus 450 g; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 2 lemon slices; 1 pkt feta cheese 150 g; 0.5 tsp chili flakes; 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 1 pkt lemon linguine 250 g; 1.5 dl pasta cooking water; pinch of black pepper; 0.5 pot of fresh basil

If baked feta pasta is your favorite, try this spring asparagus version! Roast the asparagus and feta in the oven, add pasta, and this easy asparagus pasta is ready to serve.

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Machine-translated, original language: Suomi.

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Method

1
Rinse and dry the asparagus. Snap off the woody bottom part of the asparagus stalks. Cut the asparagus into generous pieces, about four parts. Cut the lemon slices in half.
2
Place the asparagus and garlic in a lightly oiled (approx. 1 tbsp) baking dish. Add the lemons on top of the asparagus. Place the feta cheese in the middle of the dish. Sprinkle chili flakes on top of the feta. Finally, drizzle olive oil over both the asparagus and the feta.
3
Bake on the middle rack of a 225-degree oven for 15-20 minutes, until the cheese is soft and the asparagus is nicely crisp-tender.
4
Cook the pasta in salted water (1 tsp salt/2 liters water). Reserve some of the cooking water and drain the pasta.
5
Break up the structure of the feta slightly and mix the pasta in with the feta and asparagus. Pour in some cooking water until the consistency is suitably creamy. Finish the pasta with black pepper and basil, and enjoy immediately.