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🍽️ Asparagus with Elderflower and Herb Cream Cheese
543 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 1 kg white asparagus
- 3 tbsp butter
- 4 tbsp elderflower syrup
- salt
- 5 elderflower umbels
- 500 g waxy potatoes
- 10 g mint (0.5 bunch)
- 300 g cream cheese
- 150 g yogurt (3.5% fat)
- pepper
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 10 g parsley (0.5 bunch)
- 10 g chives (0.5 bunch)
Instructions
- 1. Peel the asparagus and cut off the woody lower ends.
- 2. Grease a baking dish with one tablespoon of butter.
- 3. Place the asparagus spears into the prepared dish.
- 4. Drizzle the asparagus with the syrup.
- 5. Lightly salt the asparagus.
- 6. Remove the elderflower heads from their stems.
- 7. Distribute the elderflowers evenly over the asparagus.
- 8. Cover the baking dish.
- 9. Preheat the oven to 100 degrees (Fan: 80 degrees; Gas: Level 1).
- 10. Cook the asparagus in the preheated oven for 60 to 80 minutes.
- 11. Peel the potatoes and wash them thoroughly.
- 12. Bring water to a boil and add salt.
- 13. Boil the potatoes in the boiling salted water for 25 to 30 minutes.
- 14. Wash the mint and shake it dry.
- 15. Finely chop the mint leaves.
- 16. Mix the cream cheese with the yogurt.
- 17. Fold the chopped mint into the cream cheese-yogurt mixture.
- 18. Season the mixture with salt, pepper, and a splash of lemon juice.
- 19. Wash the parsley and shake it dry.
- 20. Chop the parsley.
- 21. Heat the remaining butter in a pan.
- 22. Drain the cooked potatoes.
- 23. Let the potatoes steam dry briefly in the colander.
- 24. Add the potatoes to the hot pan with the butter.
- 25. Toss the potatoes with the butter and the chopped parsley.
- 26. Wash the chives and shake them dry.
- 27. Cut the chives into fine rings.
- 28. Remove the asparagus with the elderflowers from the oven.
- 29. Plate the asparagus on four plates.
- 30. Serve the asparagus together with the parsley potatoes and the mint cream cheese mixture.
- 31. Sprinkle the dish with the chive rings.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 543
- Protein: 18 g · Fett/Fat: 36 g · Carbs: 37 g