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🍽️ Quick Pickled Asparagus
250 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 1.5 kg asparagus
- salt
- 500 ml white wine vinegar
- 250 ml white wine
- 50 g sugar
- 2 tsp peppercorns
- 4 sprigs tarragon
Instructions
- 1. Thoroughly wash the asparagus under running water.
- 2. Peel the asparagus completely.
- 3. Trim the ends so that all stalks are roughly the same length.
- 4. Bring 750 milliliters of water to a boil in a pot.
- 5. Add 2 teaspoons of salt to the boiling water.
- 6. Add the asparagus to the water and cook for about 6 minutes (this is called blanching, i.e., short cooking in boiling water).
- 7. Lift the asparagus out of the water with a slotted spoon.
- 8. Let the asparagus drain well.
- 9. Continue to reduce the cooking water over high heat until it has roughly halved.
- 10. Stir vinegar, white wine, sugar, and peppercorns into the reduced liquid.
- 11. Bring the liquid back to a boil.
- 12. Wash the tarragon sprigs under running water.
- 13. Shake the tarragon sprigs dry.
- 14. Layer the asparagus upright into the jars.
- 15. Distribute the tarragon sprigs between the asparagus stalks in the jars.
- 16. Pour the boiling liquid immediately over the asparagus in the jars.
- 17. Seal the jars immediately.
- 18. Let the jars cool down at room temperature.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 250
- Protein: 11 g · Fett/Fat: 1 g · Carbs: 28 g