Vanilla and Hazelnuts on asparagus? The moment I read the title of this dish, I thought the taste of Nutella together with veggies sounded exciting. Looking through my blogs I found 42 recipes with asparagus. Some of them had strange combinations, but they tasted amazing. Asparagus with ice cream or asparagus with rhubarb.
This is a dish that can stand on its own. Serve it as a starter or as a vegan dish.
I prefare to use a steamer to cook the white asparagus. Most people cook it in salted and sugared water. The recipe asked for a vanilla pod. Since I cooked a small amount, I used dried high quality vanilla seeds.
Recipe for 2:
500 g white asparagus, 8 cherry tomatoes, 3 dried tomatoes in oil,
1 spring onion, 25 g hazelnuts, 2 pinches vanilla seeds, salt and pepper
1/2 tsp sugar, 1 tbsp oil, 3 parsley stalks
Peel the asparagus and cut off the bottom. Put in a steamer and steam for 20 - 25 min depending on the thickness. Set aside.
Chop spring onion, quarter cherry tomatoes and slice dried tomatoes. Chop hazelnuts and cut up the parsley.
In a wide pan heat up the oil and toss in onion and tomatoes. Give them 5 min. Add sugar and nuts. Season with salt, pepper and vanilla.
Now in with the asparagus to heat up again.
Add the parsley and serve. It looks nicer when you put the asparagus on the plate first and use the rest as a topping.
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