Name: Buttered eggs with brown shrimps & dill on asparagus
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 12 young asparagus spears, trimmed of any woody stalk; flaked sea salt and black pepper; 50 g cooked peeled brown shrimps; 4 medium free-range eggs; a little lemon juice; fried bread, to serve (optional); 2 teaspoons finely chopped dill; 35 g butter

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Good Table

By Valentine Warner

Published 2013

About

Asparagus with eggs is a great pairing that’s even better with brown shrimps and a little dill.

Ingredients

35 g butter
50 g cooked peeled brown shrimps
4 medium

Method

Bring a large pan of water to the boil. Meanwhile, melt the butter gently in a medium-small saucepan and throw in the shrimps. Take the pan off the heat and break in the eggs. Season well. Drop the asparagus into the boiling water.

While the asparagus cooks, start scrambling the eggs, stirring them continuously over a very low heat for approximately 4-5 minutes.

Add the dill jus