White Asparagus with Vegetables
White asparagus with vegetables is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the sprout vegetable category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 2 kg white asparagus
- Salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 0.5 bunch spring onions
- 150 g Carrots
- 150 g celeriac
- 150 g small mushrooms
- 70 g butter
- 125 ml dry white wine
- 125 ml vegetable broth (instant)
- 150 g crème fraîche
- 50 g whipping cream
- Salt
- black pepper (ground)
- 0.5 bunch Basil
Instructions
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1.
Wash the asparagus, peel thoroughly and trim the ends. Cook in plenty of boiling salted water with sugar, butter, and lemon juice for about 18 minutes over low heat.
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2.
For the sauce wash and trim the spring onions; cut the white and light green parts into small cubes, slice the green into thin rings. Peel the carrots and celeriac, cut both into fine sticks or shave them. Clean the mushrooms and also cut them into fine sticks or shave them.
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3.
Melt butter in a pot, add the vegetables except the spring onion greens and sauté briefly. Pour in wine and broth, bring to a boil and reduce for about 5 minutes. Add crème fraîche and cream and simmer gently for another 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and stir in the green onions at the end.
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4.
Finely chop basil leaves and fold into the sauce. Drain the asparagus and serve it over warmed plates with the vegetable sauce.
