39 Asparagus Sauce

Name: Asparagus Sauce (Sauce coulis d’asperges)
Yield: For four people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 8 tablespoons chicken stock or stock made with stock cubes; 350 g (¾ lb) fresh asparagus, or 180 g (6 oz) tinned asparagus; 350 g (¾ lb) fresh asparagus, or 180 g (6 oz) tinned asparagus; a pinch of pepper; 1 teaspoon crème fraîche (optional); 8 tablespoons chicken stock or stock made with stock cubes; ¾ teaspoon salt

Sauce coulis d’asperges

Preparation info

For
four
people

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cuisine Minceur

By Michel Guérard

Published 1986

About

Ingredients

Main ingredients

350 g (¾ lb) fresh asparagus, or 180 g (6

Europe
France
Sauce
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

If you are using fresh asparagus, prepare it according to the recipe.
Slice the asparagus and purée it in the liquidiser with the chicken stock, salt, pepper and crème fraîche. Taste for seasoning and keep hot in a bain-marie until needed.