How to Cook White Asparagus - German Recipe

Name: How to Cook White Asparagus - German Recipe
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 500 grams White asparagus; 500 ml Water; 1 tsp or less ★Sugar; 1/2 tsp ★Salt; 25 grams ★Butter; 1 ★Lemon juice

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

May to June is Germany's white asparagus season!
I tried to find out how to cook them so I can enjoy plenty of them when I am in Germany.
I looked at a German website like COOKPAD and German cookbooks.

It is a pity you have to peel the skin thickly but the result is better.

I call this website "the German COOKPAD" http://www.chefkoch.de/ For serving 2. Recipe by Popotankobu

It is a pity you have to peel the skin thickly but the result is better.

I call this website "the German COOKPAD" http://www.chefkoch.de/ For serving 2. Recipe by Popotankobu

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

It is a pity you have to peel the skin thickly but the result is better.

I call this website "the German COOKPAD" http://www.chefkoch.de/ For serving 2. Recipe by Popotankobu

It is a pity you have to peel the skin thickly but the result is better.

I call this website "the German COOKPAD" http://www.chefkoch.de/ For serving 2. Recipe by Popotankobu

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Ingredients

2 servings

500 gramsWhite asparagus
500 mlWater
1 tspor less ★Sugar
1/2 tsp★Salt
25 grams★Butter
1★Lemon juice

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Steps

1

You need to prepare white asparagus before cooking. Put them in a pot of water and bring to a boil. This is the key to cooking white asparagus!
2

Rinse the white asparagus very well. You can make a good stock from asparagus peels, so save them for cooking later.
3

Peel the outer skin from the tips to the bottom. The skin around the tips is tender, so start to peel 2 cm below the tips to the bottom.
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Tip: You don't want the tough skin to ruin your dish. Peel the skin to a depth that will completely remove it. Cut off about 2 cm from the bottom of the stems because they are tough.
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Put the water, seasonings and white asparagus, including the trimmings, in a pot. Bring to a boil. Do not forget to put in the bottom parts you cut off.
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Tip - In Germany, you can find a special asparagus pot (I don't have it), but you can use a normal pot. Cook the asparagus so that the bottom parts are always under the water.
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It takes roughly 10 minutes, but it differs according to the size and thickness of your stalks. Check how they are by eating the 2-cm at the end of the stem (it might be bitter...).
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They are done when tender. Serve them hot! Do not throw away the cooking liquid! You can make a tasty risotto with it!
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I am trying to make a white asparagus risotto recipe using the cooking liquid! Hopefully I can upload it soon.
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Spargelzeit is name of the season of white asparagus from April to June in Germany. The photo is an advert from a newspaper.
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They are sold like this in supermarkets. (You can buy loose ones too!) About 500 g costs about 3.5 euros (420 yen).
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Success!! Asparagus and Cheese Risotto from Germany -