Le bouquet d’asperges à la tapenade et son voile d’huile d’olive de Peillon, garni de pissenlits

Poached asparagus with tapenade

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Feasts of Provence

By Robert Carrier

Published 1995

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Ingredients

  • 20–24 fat asparagus spears
  • 200 g/7 oz wild dandelion leaves

Method

Peel the asparagus spears and put them in a pot of lightly salted boiling water; when the water comes to the boil again, cook the asparagus for 15 minutes. Drain and allow to cool on a clean kitchen towel to absorb any remaining moisture. They should be served slightly warm.

Wash and dry the dandelion leaves. Arrange the leaves on 4 salad plates. Place 5–6 asparagus spears in a fan on e