Recipe

Asparagus And Toasted Pine Nuts With Lemon Vinaigrette Recipe

	Chefmeow / All my dishes 1 year, 3 months ago Very delightful and very tasty asparagus dish that goes great with everything. Enjoy Prep:10m Cook:20m Servings:6	Chefmeow
	easy side vegetables asparagus nuts toasted lemon basil oregano

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Ingredients

1 pound fresh asparagus spears

3 tablespoons pine nuts

1/4 cup olive oil

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

1 clove garlic crushed

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon dried whole basil

1/2 teaspoon dried whole oregano

1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Snap off tough ends of asparagus then remove scales from stalks with vegetable peeler

Place spears in a steaming rack over boiling water then cover and steam 5 minutes.

Transfer to a serving platter.

Sauté pine nuts in a small skillet over medium heat for 3 minutes then set aside.

Combine olive oil and remaining ingredients in saucepan then stir with wire whisk to blend.

Cook over medium heat 3 minutes or until thoroughly heated stirring constantly.

Pour over asparagus then sprinkle with pine nuts.

Let stand to room temperature before serving.

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Comments

pamelanava 1 year, 3 months ago said:
We love asparagus, and this looks delicious! (it's one of the few veggies my hubby will eat!) I will definitely try this. Thx.

debwin 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Asparagus grows wild around my house back in Canada and it is so good...this recipe will make it even better, great post.

jimrug1 1 year, 3 months ago said:
This sounds great... I like the sound of that dressing and the pine nuts go so well with asparagus... Nice recipe....;-)~ Jim

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