Flemish Style Asparagus Side Dish
Servings: 4
Preparation duration: -1 minutes
Cooking duration: -1 minutes
Ingredients:
24 large fresh white (or green) asparagus
1/4 cup butter
3 hard boiled eggs
Handful of Italian flat parsley
1/2 Juice of lemon
Equipment:
sauce pan
whisk
Cooking instruction summary:
- Peel the asparagus at its ends (not at the heads). Place the asparagus in a large saucepan. Fill with boiling water to cover the veggies completely. Add some salt.
- Let the asparagus cook till tender. About 3 to 4 mins.
- Chop some flat parsley into fine bits. Set aside.
- Boil 3 eggs till hard and peel them.
- Use a fork and mash the eggs.
- Mash the eggs till they are fine crumbs. Set aside.
- Melt butter in a saucepan.
- Add the juice from 1/2 lemon.
- Whisk the butter-lemon juice mixture constantly. Continue to boil gently for a couple of minutes.
- Stir in the mashed eggs. Stir well to combine.
- Add the chopped parsley.
- Stir well to combine.
- Plate the dish by laying a few stalks of the cooked asparagus on a plate and dish some sauce over them at the stalk ends.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Serve warm.
Step by step:
1. Peel the asparagus at its ends (not at the heads).
2. Place the asparagus in a large saucepan. Fill with boiling water to cover the veggies completely.
3. Add some salt.
4. Let the asparagus cook till tender. About 3 to 4 mins.Chop some flat parsley into fine bits. Set aside.Boil 3 eggs till hard and peel them.Use a fork and mash the eggs.Mash the eggs till they are fine crumbs. Set aside.Melt butter in a saucepan.
5. Add the juice from 1/2 lemon.
6. Whisk the butter-lemon juice mixture constantly. Continue to boil gently for a couple of minutes.Stir in the mashed eggs. Stir well to combine.
7. Add the chopped parsley.Stir well to combine.Plate the dish by laying a few stalks of the cooked asparagus on a plate and dish some sauce over them at the stalk ends.Season with salt and pepper.
8. Serve warm.
Nutrition Information:
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