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🍽️ Asparagus with Creamy Basil Asparagus Sauce

329 kcal · 50 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Peel the asparagus completely and cut off the woody lower ends.
  2. 2. Place the peeled skins in a pot with half a liter of broth and boil them for ten minutes.
  3. 3. Separate the tender asparagus tips from the stalks.
  4. 4. Cut half of the stalks into small cubes and set them aside.
  5. 5. Cook the remaining asparagus (stalks and tips) using your usual method.
  6. 6. Add the asparagus tips to the cooking water ten minutes before the cooking time is up.
  7. 7. Sauté the asparagus cubes and a diced onion in a pan with hot butter.
  8. 8. Pour in 200 milliliters of the broth in which the skins were cooked.
  9. 9. Let the mixture simmer covered for ten minutes.
  10. 10. Stir in fresh basil leaves and sour cream (sweet cream).
  11. 11. Blend the sauce until smooth using a hand blender.
  12. 12. Season the sauce to taste with salt, nutmeg, a pinch of sugar, and lime juice.
  13. 13. Heat the sauce briefly before serving.
  14. 14. Pour the warm sauce over the cooked asparagus.
  15. 15. Serve the dish hot.
  16. 16. Serve potatoes and schnitzel as a side dish.

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