Giada's Sauceless Pasta- So Good

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb bow tie pasta (farfelle)
• 1 lb asparagus (1-2 bunches)
• 1 lb mushroom, sliced ( or baby bellas)
• 1 cup mascarpone (one 8 oz container)
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, shredded
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup toasted walnuts or 1/4 cup pine nuts

Recipe

• 1 cut asparagus into 1-2 inch pieces.
• 2 in a large skillet, (deep if you have it) melt butter.
• 3 saute mushrooms and asparagus.
• 4 meanwhile, cook pasta in water with salt according to package.
• 5 drain pasta, reserving a cup of the salty starchy water.
• 6 add the pasta to the cooked mushrooms and asparagus.
• 7 stir in the mascarpone and parmesan cheese.
• 8 add water if you need to (i usually only add a couple tbs).
• 9 add nutmeg.
• 10 garnish with nuts and extra parmesan.
• 11 **sometimes i add cajun chicken or shrimp on top too!