Asparagus grilling, Recipe for Pan and BBQ

Name: Asparagus grilling
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: white asparagus 15-20 spears; Salt some; Pepper some; brown sugar some; nutmeg some; butter 150 g; Potatoes 4-6 pc; Cress 1 packet; crabs 200 g

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I’ll show you my Asparagus Grill Recipe today.

As a side dish I have prepared parsley potatoes and I replace the sauce with a fine nut butter.

The nut butter is a cooked, clarified and browned butter that tastes delicious.

This asparagus dish you conjure up on your plate in less than 30 minutes.

You can use green or white asparagus.

I wish you every success!

Table of Contents

1. Recipe Asparagus grilling
2. Nutritional Values
3. Buying and Preparing Asparagus
4. More Recipes with Asparagus

1. Recipe Asparagus grilling

For the simple asparagus dish you only need a few ingredients.

I love such dishes, the effort remains manageable and it tastes down-to-earth and delicious!

Before it starts I have a surprise for you: You can add crabs to this asparagus dish….

Asparagus grilling

Cooked, photographed and written down by chef Thomas Sixt.

Servings 2

Calories 271

Total Time 40 Min.

Preparation Time 20 Min.

Cook Time 20 Min.

Simple guide for preparing grilled asparagus.

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Ingredients

Asparagus
15-20	spears	white asparagus (or green asparagus)
some		Salt (I use Himalayan salt)
some		Pepper
some		brown sugar
some		nutmeg (grounded)
150	g	butter
Side Dishes und Decoration
4-6	pc	Potatoes
1	packet	Cress (or chives finely chopped)
200	g	crabs (I used North Sea crabs)

Instruction

Parsley potatoes in the pan. — Boiled potatoes in the pan with parsley.

Prepare potatoes

Boil the potatoes in salted water, drain and peel.

Later, place the potatoes in a pan with butter and finely chopped parsley, season with salt, pepper and nutmeg and prepare for serving.

Keep plate warm for serving.

Peeled white spragula — Freshly peeled white asparagus

Prepare asparagus

Peel and prepare the asparagus as described in the article.

Asparagus while cooking — Cooking asparagus

Asparagus cooking

Cook asparagus in boiling salted water with a little sugar until firm to the bite.

You can also use vegetable broth to cook asparagus.

Grill the asparagus in the pan. — Put asparagus in the pan for grilling.

Asparagus grill

Drain the cooked asparagus well and place in the grill pan.

Asparagus with a typical pattern, the grilled asparagus in the pan. — Asparagus grilled in a pan.

Seasoning

Season asparagus with salt, pepper, some sugar and nutmeg and turn over.

Nut butter, that's browned butter. — Nut butter in a bowl.

Prepare butter

Heat the butter in an extra pot and cook.

Brown the butter further and then pass through a sieve.

serve

Serve with potatoes and asparagus, nut butter and cress.

I chose the purple coloured radish cress, it looks great.

Enjoy your meal, I wish you a good appetite!

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2. Nutritional Values

3. Buying and Preparing Asparagus

I prefer local asparagus, it tastes better and comes at best from your surroundings.

By buying domestic asparagus you firstly secure jobs in Germany and secondly you contribute to less CO2 pollution. That helps the planet!

German asparagus season: early April to late June. The official end is the asparagus New Year’s Eve on 24 June.

3.1 Detect Fresh Asparagus

You can recognize fresh asparagus by the following characteristics:

Shiny peel
Closed asparagus heads
Fresh asparagus has no brown spots
Fresh asparagus smells pleasant

Fresh asparagus close-up — Asparagus fresh, the ends should not be dried off.

3.2 Asparagus Peeling Made Easy

I’ll show you the professional chef asparagus peeler in the following:

Please peel white asparagus starting about 3 cm below the tips.
Green asparagus only at the end about 5 cm peel.

Here a picture:

Peel asparagus like a pro: Grasp the tip of the asparagus spear with your fingers. Place the asparagus spear over your hand on your wrist. While peeling, turn the asparagus spear with your fingers and remove the peel evenly with the pendulum peeler. By placing the asparagus spear on the hand and wrist, the asparagus gets a stable surface when peeling and does not break!