At last my asparagus plants are stepping up their production, I picked about 5 spears today, enough for a portion for 1 person. Now I think only one of the plants is dead, all the others have at least produced 1 spear so far so I'm not so worried now. Just in time as my back up supply (a local farmer who sells bunches by the roadside for £1.20!) has stopped selling.
What to do with them? grill, steam, eat raw? I tend to throw all the spring veg in together in stages to stop them becoming overcooked. I do this as it's the way my dad would cook young vegetables until there was enough of each type to warrant serving individually. The other day I had a chicken pie with Jersey royals, peas, my asparagus, my spinach - all tossed together in butter and mint. It was lovely!
What to do with them? grill, steam, eat raw? I tend to throw all the spring veg in together in stages to stop them becoming overcooked. I do this as it's the way my dad would cook young vegetables until there was enough of each type to warrant serving individually. The other day I had a chicken pie with Jersey royals, peas, my asparagus, my spinach - all tossed together in butter and mint. It was lovely!
we love asparagus in risotto, with fresh peas and {frozen} broad beans with a sprinkling of pecorino {or parmesan} on the top to garnish:
ReplyDeletewe cut the spears in two, to make them go further:
proper summer fresh good:
well, as fresh as the season allows: