Asparagus with Lemon French dressing · Thyme for Cooking

The theme for Monday posts in Might is Spring Greens – the remainder.

We are likely to give attention to asparagus this time of 12 months, however there are different nice greens, some acquainted and a few not, which can be out there now.

I’ll submit a few of our favorites this month.

Fourth for the month: Okay…. it’s been a very good season, so extra Asparagus!

This time it’s white asparagus. Truly, it’s violet asparagus, which is white with a purple tip.

Right here in France the white asparagus is often fairly fats whereas the violet tends to be thinner, extra like we usually see for inexperienced asparagus. I used a barely completely different cooking methodology for this.

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Asparagus with Lemon French dressing

We used purple-tipped white asparagus for this, however inexperienced could be nice, as properly.
You possibly can function a facet dish or first course.

• Writer: Kate
• Prep Time: 8 minutes
• Prepare dinner Time: 12 minutes
• Complete Time: 20 minutes
• Yield: 2 servings 1x
• Class: Greens
• Methodology: Skillet

• 10oz (300gr) asparagus, inexperienced or white
• 1 tbs salad olive oil
• 1 tbs recent lemon juice
• 1 tbs recent, snipped parsley

• Asparagus:
• If utilizing inexperienced – snap off ends.
• If utilizing white – utilizing vegetable peeler and peel the underside half of stalk, laying it flat on the counter in order to not break it.
• For each:
• Put right into a skillet large enough to carry them in a single layer.
• Add water to cowl backside by 1/4 inch, cowl and convey to boil.
• Decrease warmth and prepare dinner simply till achieved, 6 – 8 minutes for inexperienced, 8 – 10 for white.
• French dressing:
• Whisk collectively olive oil, lemon juice and parsley.
• To complete:
• When asparagus is finished, drain and put onto a serving plate, drizzle with French dressing, add pepper and serve.

Notes

To check for doneness: the tip of a knife ought to go in simply.

Diet

• Serving Dimension: 1/2 recipe
• Energy: 91
• Sugar: 2.9 g
• Sodium: 4 mg
• Fats: 7.2 g
• Saturated Fats: 1.1 g
• Trans Fats: 0 g
• Carbohydrates: 6.1 g
• Fiber: 3.1 g
• Protein: 3.2 g
• Ldl cholesterol: 0 mg

Key phrases: asparagus, French dressing

Utilizing one other of my favourite spring herbs: Asparagus with Tarragon Sauce.

That’s it!