Quick and easy Asparagus recipe

[JMN2]

Pan frying asparagus in olive oil, butter, garlic, pepper, salt. Eating them with ham and poached eggs.

[UncleEbenezer]

Pan frying in olive oil, butter, garlic, pepper, salt.

With ingredients like that, you could be frying garden waste and it'll taste good ...

Alternative: steam the asparagus, serve with horseradish mixed in to creme fraiche (or similar). With new spuds or crusty bread. To make it a main course, add smoked salmon and a glass of dry white wine. The horseradish was a tip from my late mother, and works surprisingly well.

[6Tricia]

My favourite is - just for me - 250g steamed asparagus, topped with seasoned panko breadcrumbs fried till golden brown in butter and served with some homemade mayonnaise.

Tricia

[johnstevens77]

I cooked it on a griddle a couple of months ago. One of those that sits on top of an induction range. Was good.

john

[UncleEbenezer]

I cooked it on a griddle a couple of months ago.
john

Um, surely it was out of season a couple of months ago.

I'm sure Peruvian asparagus is great if eaten in Peru, but it's not quite the same after being flown halfway round the world!

Or do you have a supplier who uses technology to play with the seasons?

[JMN2]

I wouldn't have used a griddle pan because the oily and buttery garlic might've not touched the asparagus properly the oil being on the bottom of the grooves and would've constantly needed brushing on the asparagus.

[johnstevens77]

I cooked it on a griddle a couple of months ago.
john

Um, surely it was out of season a couple of months ago.

I'm sure Peruvian asparagus is great if eaten in Peru, but it's not quite the same after being flown halfway round the world!

Or do you have a supplier who uses technology to play with the seasons?

Maybe it was but having worked in the Middle East for 20+ years where everything except fish and dates is imported, I don't give that too much importance now.

john

[tea42]

There's pick your own asparagus around here right now.

Toss spears into boiling water for 90 seconds, then dunk in iced water.

Make a dressing with olive oil, wine vinegar, crushed garlic, mustard and pepper.

Marinate the asparagus in this dressing for a couple of hours before serving with slices of avacado and cooked jumbo prawns.

Don't griddle it.

[MistyMeena]

There's pick your own asparagus around here right now.

I'm envious. Our local PYO is having to replant their elderly asparagus beds so it's not available this year (they only have enough for the farm shop). I love being able to cut some and get it home and steamed within the hour

[DiamondEcho]

... served with some homemade mayonnaise. Tricia

Home-made mayo deserves it's own topic. The first time I made it was quite recently and I was absolutely blown away!