Pasta primavera is inspired by the original Spaghetti alla Primavera from Sirio Maccioni, co-owner of Le Cirque restaurant in New York City--it's a real Italian-American classic.Pencil-thin asparagus, tiny peas, and tender fava beans are among my favorites, so I just had to make pasta primavera with these spring farmers' market beauties. But the nice thing about pasta primavera is that it's versatile enough to work well with all kinds of produce. Asparagus not looking so good? Use artichokes instead! Are those gorgeous ramps on sale this week? Use those! Just pick whatever's fresh and delicious in your market and you can't go wrong.I've lightened the dish up by using no butter and less cream, and this keeps the spring vegetables in sharp focus. Instead, pasta water creates a flavorful broth as the base of the sauce and bow tie pasta instead of spaghetti guarantees you get some veggies with every bite. I prefer the more robust ricotta salata flavor instead of parmigiano as a finishing note, but different strokes, right? And extra virgin olive oil does put some fat back into this really healthy, full-flavored taste of springtime, I'll give you that, but come on, a little ain't gonna kill ya.Full text recipe: http://wp.me/p1bo0f-2IuFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/GiannisNBGoogle+: http://plus.google.com/+GianniNorthBeachTVTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/giannitvWeb: http://www.gianni.tvMusic by David Molina: http://drmsound.com/Video by Hungry Village: http://hungryvillage.comWatch all my cooking episodes: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7BEADADCCAD445F2SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/user/gianninorthbeach?sub_confirmation=1NEW EPISODES EVERY SATURDAY
