Pasta Primavera with Lemon-Caper Sauce

Description

Colorful, crisp-tender veggies are tossed with linguine pasta and a creamy lemon-caper sauce and served with shredded Parmesan cheese.

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup Crisco® Pure Olive Oil
  • 1 large red or yellow onion, chopped
  • 1 pound fresh asparagus spears, cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 1 medium yellow squash or zucchini, quartered lengthwise, sliced 1/4-inch thick
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon coarsely ground pepper
  • 8 ounces cooked linguine pasta, kept warm
  • 1 cup frozen peas and carrots
  • ¼ cup butter
  • 2 tablespoons Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons minced fresh garlic
  • 1 (14.5 ounce) can chicken broth
  • 3 tablespoons Santa Cruz Organic® Pure Lemon Juice
  • ¼ cup Crosse & Blackwell® Capers, drained
  • ¼ cup minced fresh parsley
  • 1 cup finely shredded Parmesan cheese

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add onion. Cook over medium-low heat 7 minutes or until soft. Add asparagus
  2. yellow squash
  3. salt and pepper. Cook an additional 5 minutes or until crisp-tender.
  4. Heat butter in medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in flour and garlic until blended. Gradually stir in chicken broth until smooth. Bring to a boil over high heat
  5. stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low; simmer 5 minutes. Stir in lemon juice and capers.
  6. Combine pasta
  7. vegetable and sauce mixtures in pasta pot. Add parsley; stir until blended. Sprinkle individual servings with cheese.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 50 mins

Servings: 4

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