Flemish Style Asparagus
By: Bing
Published: Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 10:04pm

Ingredients




24 large fresh white (or green) asparagus
3 hard boiled eggs
150 grams butter
Handful of Italian flat parsley
1/2 Juice of lemon

Preparation

1 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. 2 Let the asparagus cook till tender. About 3 to 4 mins. 3 Chop some flat parsley into fine bits. Set aside. 4 Boil 3 eggs till hard and peel them. 5 Use a fork and mash the eggs. 6 Mash the eggs till they are fine crumbs. Set aside. 7 Melt 150g butter in a saucepan. 8 Add the juice from 1/2 lemon. 9 Whisk the butter-lemon juice mixture constantly. Continue to boil gently for a couple of minutes. 10 Stir in the mashed eggs. Stir well to combine. 11 Add the chopped parsley. 12 Stir well to combine. 13 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. 14 Season with salt and pepper. 15 Serve warm.

About


This was a delicious dish that I had at a cooking class and I absolutely loved it. It’s traditionally made with white asparagus, but we couldn’t find any in South Africa and substituted with large green asparagus. For a step by step tutorial on how to make this dish, go to - http://www.storyofbing.com/2011/05/flemish-style-asparagus/