Asparagus in creamy Cheese Sauce

Topped with more

 cheese and baked in the oven.

I had a bunch of hard cheeses left in the fridge. Not much from one kind, but many kinds in small sizes. They were blocking my cheese shelf and needed to go.

The white gold - asparagus - is sold in huts all over the place here. I bought a kilo. After peeling it, I took the washed peel and bottom pieces and threw them in a pot with salted water. They cooked for 20 minutes. I kept the stock for the cheese sauce and the pot too.

The asparsgus went in the steamer on top of my Thermomix. Then drained and cleaned the thermomix.

I put all bits and pieces of cheese in the Thermomix to make a homogenous mountain of shredded cheese.

The base of the sauce is a roux. Butter, flour, a little milk and lots of asparagus stock. Seasoned with salt and white pepper. Dumped the ground cheese in and a couple of spoons full of cream cheese. Since the cheeses had intense flavour, no more seasoning was needed.

The bottom of an oven proof dish was given some sauce, the asparagus on top and covered with the cheese sauce. 

I can never have enough cheese, grated Gouda went on top and the dish baked in the oven at 180 C fan for 20 min.

I served it with some potatoes and parsley.

Ingredients:

1 kg white asparagus

3 tbsp butter+ 3 tbsp flour

125 ml milk

400 ml asparsgus stock

Salt+ white pepper

Pecorino, Grana Padano, Parmesan, old hard sheep cheese, cream cheese

Parsley

Potatoes