Recipe

Mixed Asparagus Ragout Recipe

	Kochhexe / All my dishes 1 year, 6 months ago this is a lovely looking and tasting asparagus dish which is used either as a side dish with grilled chicken oder fish - or i cook slightly less, serve small potatoes with it - and have it as a main dish. I JUST LOVE ASPARAGUS! Prep:15m Cook:18m Servings:4	Kochhexe
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Ingredients

300 g white asparagus

300 g green asparagus

one very large pat of butter

500 g spring onions, with about 1/2 of 'green' cut off

pepper, salt

1 TBSP flour

1/4 L vegetable broth

1/4 L cream

1 TL lemon juice

one egg yolk - optional

1 EL chopped parsley, approx.

Directions

cut 'woody' ends off white asparagus, peel, cut into bite sized pieces.

cut off bottom art of green asparagus, peeling only last third as they do not need to be peeled like the white one

cut into bite-sized pieces

take large skilled, melt butter with medium heat, adding white asparagus,

stirring all the time

add green asparagus

stir for about five minutes

clean spring onions,

cut into bite-sized pieces, add to pan

stir for another five minutes - or so...

season with pepper and salt

dust with flour

pour on vegetable broth

stirring continuously

then add cream

stir and let simmer for about 10 minutes

add the lemon juice

now, if you want to add the egg yolk, put yolk into small bowl, add - a tablesppon at a time, altogether about three - some of the sauce, stirring all the time.

now, pour SLOWLY egg yolk-sauce-mixture back into skillet. this way the yolk does not curdle.

you do not NEED the egg - but it makes it look nicer and you can use less flour, the yolk thickens the sauce.

before serving, sprinkle with chopped parsley

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