Alastair Little

Asparagi Bolliti

Boiled Asparagus

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Alastair Little's Italian Kitchen
Alastair Little's Italian Kitchen

By Alastair Little

Published 1996

  • About

A classic way of cooking asparagus, which is good hot, warm or at room temperature.

Ingredients

  • 6 medium asparagus stalks
  • 25 g butter
  • salt and pepper

Method

Put a large deep pan of water on to boil. Peel, trim and wash the asparagus. Pack the asparagus into your pasta basket or equivalent. Salt the water, and plunge the asparagus into it when rapidly boiling. Cook for approximately 5 minutes. Melt the butter and put in a ramekin or suitable dish per person. Drain the asparagus, serve with the melted butter as a dip, and possibly lemon.

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