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Linguine with Roasted Asparagus in a Tomato Lemon Sauce
½ lb. Whole Wheat Linguine (Ronzoni’s brand is the best I have tried so far)
2 lb. Asparagus
4 Fresh Tomatoes
1-2 Lemons zested and juiced (depends on how sour you like your food)
1 tablespoon Sugar
1 tablespoon Sugar
1 tablespoon Flour
1-2 teas. Lemon Pepper seasoning
Salt to taste
Fresh Ground Pepper to taste
Olive Oil
Asiago Cheese grated
Snap the base of the asparagus off and discard it (so that you only use the tender part), then snap again in half so that the pieces aren’t too big when in the pasta. Place the asparagus onto a large cookie sheet and toss with lemon pepper seasoning, pepper, salt, and olive oil. Roast at 425 for about 20 minutes or until tender (make sure it doesn’t get too soft, the asparagus should still hold its shape). Then roast the whole tomatoes with a little olive oil and salt and pepper for about 25 minutes at the same temperature until the skin of the tomatoes starts to crack and turn brown. Cool tomatoes slightly then remove skin and place the skinned tomatoes in a bowl and mash up slightly (so you don’t end up with huge tomato pieces in the pasta). Mix flour in with the lemon juice to form a paste and heat a large skillet to medium or medium low heat and place some of the tomato juice (from the bowl of roasted tomatoes) into the skillet with the lemon paste. (Meanwhile cook pasta according to package directions.) Cook until the flour begins to thicken the sauce then add in the rest of the tomatoes and cook until slightly thickened. Add in asparagus as well as the lemon peel and sugar and cook some more until the sauce is thick enough to coat pasta and then toss in the pasta. Serve with grated asiago cheese on top.
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