{"id":89905,"date":"2024-04-03T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/?p=89905"},"modified":"2025-05-28T15:14:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T19:14:40","slug":"spring-pasta-with-ramps-amp-morels-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/spring-pasta-with-ramps-amp-morels-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Pasta with Ramps & Morels Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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This recipe is like spring on a plate. Save it for that moment around April when wild morel mushrooms and ramp leaves make a\u00a0way too brief but\u00a0<\/span>splashy appearance at the exact same time. Here, the ramps are blended into a silky pesto, while the morels are saut\u00e9ed in the salty drippings from crisped pancetta, then tossed with rigatoni for a vibrantly green pasta.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Recipe: Spring Pasta with Ramps & Morel Mushrooms<\/span><\/h1>\n

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What You\u2019ll Need:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1 tablespoon olive oil<\/span><\/p>\n

4 ounces pancetta, diced<\/span><\/p>\n

5 ounces morel mushrooms, cleaned and trimmed
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1 pound rigatoni or other tubular pasta<\/p>\n

3 tablespoons butter<\/p>\n

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8 ounces ramp leaves<\/p>\n

1\/4 cup pistachios, plus more for garnish<\/p>\n

2\/3 cup olive oil<\/span><\/p>\n

1\/2 cup Parmesan, plus more for garnish<\/p>\n

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What To Do:<\/strong><\/span>
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Set a large pot of water over high heat and bring to a boil.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large pan over medium low heat. Add pancetta. Cook, stirring, until crisped. Transfer to a bowl using a slotted utensil, leaving oil in pan.<\/p>\n

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Add morels to the same pan and saut\u00e9 until tender. Transfer to the bowl with the pancetta.<\/p>\n

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Set up an ice bath in a large bowl. Drop ramp leaves into the boiling water and blanch until bright green and just wilted, no more than 1 minute. Remove with tongs and immediately transfer to the ice bath, leaving pot of water boiling<\/span>. Let leaves cool for a few minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cook the pasta in the pot according to the package instructions and drain, reserving some of the cooking water.
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In a large bowl, toss together the pasta, 1\/4 cup cooking water, ramp pesto, morels, pancetta, and butter. Add more cooking water as needed to create a loose sauce. Divide between bowls and serve topped with more Parmesan, pistachios, and pepper.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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This recipe is like spring on a plate. Save it for that moment around April when wild morel mushrooms and ramp leaves make a\u00a0way too brief but\u00a0splashy appearance at the exact same time. Here, the ramps are blended into a silky pesto, while the morels are saut\u00e9ed in the salty drippings from crisped pancetta, then tossed with rigatoni for a vibrantly green pasta.\u00a0\u00a0 Recipe: Spring Pasta with Ramps & Morel Mushrooms Serves 4 What You\u2019ll Need: 1 tablespoon olive oil 4 ounces pancetta, diced 5 ounces morel mushrooms, cleaned and trimmed 1 pound rigatoni or other tubular pasta 3 tablespoons butter For the homemade ramp pesto with pistachios: 8 ounces ramp leaves 1\/4 cup pistachios, plus more for garnish 2\/3 cup olive oil 1\/2 cup Parmesan, plus more for garnish Salt and pepper What To Do: Set a large pot of water over high heat and bring to a boil. Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large pan over medium low heat. Add pancetta. Cook, stirring, until crisped. Transfer to a bowl using a slotted utensil, leaving oil in pan. Add morels to the same pan and saut\u00e9 until tender. Transfer to the bowl with the pancetta. Set up an ice bath in a large bowl. Drop ramp leaves into the boiling water and blanch until bright green and just wilted, no more than 1 minute. Remove with tongs and immediately transfer to the ice bath, leaving pot of water boiling. Let leaves cool for a few minutes. Cook the pasta in the pot according to the package instructions and drain, reserving some of the cooking water. While the pasta cooks, remove cooled ramp leaves from the bath and gently shake off excess water.\u00a0Roughly chop leaves into smaller pieces.\u00a0Place ramps, pistachios, 2\/3 cup olive oil, and Parmesan in a food processor. Pulse until smooth and somewhat uniform in consistency. Season with salt and pepper. In a large bowl, toss together the pasta, 1\/4 cup cooking water, ramp pesto, morels, pancetta, and butter. Add more cooking water as needed to create a loose sauce. Divide between bowls and serve topped with more Parmesan, pistachios, and pepper. Shop ingredients for pasta with ramps on FreshDirect<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61027,"featured_media":89924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2736,111,2737,3297,2732],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinner-recipes-2","category-eat-with-the-season","category-lunch-recipes-2","category-produce","category-recipes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61027"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89905"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89934,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89905\/revisions\/89934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}