Tim's asparagus

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall recipes Tim's asparagus recipe

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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Date Published:
28/05/2008

Go green with this seasonal asparagus recipe from Canteen in River Cottage Spring

Ingredients

  • 300ml apple balsamic vinegar
  • 2 tbsp caster sugar
  • 24 spears of asparagus, woody ends trimmed
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin rapeseed oil
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 40g hard goat’s cheese

Method: How to make Tim's asparagus

1. First, make the balsamic reduction. Put the vinegar in a small pan, stir in the sugar until dissolved, then boil until reduced by a third. You don’t want it to be too syrupy, just to hold its shape on the plate.

2. Bring a pan of water to the boil and cook the asparagus spears for 2-3 minutes depending on their thickness - they should still have some bite to them. Drain and arrange half a dozen asparagus spears on each warmed plate. Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper.

3. Drizzle over a little rapeseed oil and some of the balsamic reduction then use a vegetable peeler to shave some of the goat’s cheese over the top.

© River Cottage

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