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Asparagus And Toasted Pine Nuts With Lemon Vinaigrette Recipe


Asparagus And Toasted Pine Nuts With Lemon Vinaigrette Recipe
Very delightful and very tasty asparagus dish that goes great with everything. Enjoy

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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
  1. Snap off tough ends of asparagus then remove scales from stalks with vegetable peeler
  2. Place spears in a steaming rack over boiling water then cover and steam 5 minutes.
  3. Transfer to a serving platter.
  4. Sauté pine nuts in a small skillet over medium heat for 3 minutes then set aside.
  5. Combine olive oil and remaining ingredients in saucepan then stir with wire whisk to blend.
  6. Cook over medium heat 3 minutes or until thoroughly heated stirring constantly.
  7. Pour over asparagus then sprinkle with pine nuts.
  8. Let stand to room temperature before serving.

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Comments


We love asparagus, and this looks delicious! (it's one of the few veggies my hubby will eat!) I will definitely try this. Thx.


Asparagus grows wild around my house back in Canada and it is so good...this recipe will make it even better, great post.


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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