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Roasted Lemony Pesto Asparagus
A delicious way to dress up asparagus!
Prep Time
10
minutes
mins
Cook Time
12
minutes
mins
Total Time
22
minutes
mins
Servings:
2
Author:
Julie Chiou
Equipment
Food processor
Ingredients
1/2
1x
2x
3x
1
(
454
g
)
pound asparagus
2-3
tablespoons
(
2
tablespoons
)
olive oil
Kosher salt
For the lemony pesto
2
cups
(
48
g
)
basil leaves
2
cloves of garlic
½
cup
(
118
ml
)
olive oil
Juice of 1 lemon
Salt and pepper
to taste
¼
cup
(
25
g
)
freshly grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
Preheat oven to
400
°F
(
204
°C
)
Cut off tough ends from asparagus then place in an even layer on a large baking sheet. Drizzle olive oil all over asparagus then sprinkle with salt.
Roast for 12 minutes.
In the meantime, in a food processor, process pesto until desired consistency.
Once asparagus is done roasting, drizzle pesto on top and serve warm.
Nutrition
Serving:
1
Serving
|
Calories:
696
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
10
g
|
Protein:
10
g
|
Fat:
71
g
|
Fiber:
5
g
|
Sugar:
4
g