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Lynda Balslev, TasteFood

Put a little primavera in your step with this shrimp risotto

This risotto takes inspiration from pasta primavera, with fresh asparagus and peas studding the rice, along with sweet briny shrimp and juicy Meyer lemon. (Lynda Balslev/TasteFood)

It’s time to celebrate the sunny weather by adding a little freshness and lightness to your favorite year-round dishes, such as risottos and pasta.

“Primavera” means springtime in Italian, but pasta primavera, while Italian in name, has American roots. It was created in the ‘70s in the famous New York restaurant Le Cirque, and it embraces the season with fresh vegetables and herbs enveloped in a lemony cream sauce.

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