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🍰 Creamy Asparagus Tart with Hazelnut Caramel
351 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 400 g white asparagus
- salt
- 2 pinches sugar
- 1 tsp butter
- 70 g ground hazelnuts
- 250 g crème fraîche
- 6 egg yolks
- 1 pinch grated nutmeg
- 8 tsp cane sugar
- 4 ovenproof ramekins (125 - 150 ml each)
Instructions
- 1. Place the hazelnuts in a non-stick pan without oil.
- 2. Roast them over medium heat until they smell fragrant.
- 3. Remove the pan from the heat.
- 4. Pour the nuts onto a plate.
- 5. Let them cool down completely.
- 6. Wash the asparagus thoroughly.
- 7. Peel the stalks all the way down to the tip.
- 8. Cut off the woody lower ends.
- 9. Cut the stalks into small, bite-sized pieces.
- 10. Fill a pot with plenty of water and add salt, sugar, and butter.
- 11. Cook the asparagus in it for about 20 minutes.
- 12. Remove the asparagus from the water.
- 13. Let it drain.
- 14. Let the asparagus cool down.
- 15. Pat the asparagus dry with a cloth.
- 16. Place the asparagus and the cooled hazelnuts in a blender.
- 17. Puree the mixture until smooth.
- 18. Season the puree with salt.
- 19. Season the puree with grated nutmeg.
- 20. Whisk the egg yolks in a bowl until creamy.
- 21. Stir the crème fraîche into the egg yolks.
- 22. Stir the asparagus-nut puree into the mixture.
- 23. Strain the cream through a fine sieve.
- 24. Fill the filtered cream into the ramekins.
- 25. Fill a baking dish two-thirds full with hot water.
- 26. Place the ramekins with the cream into the baking dish.
- 27. Preheat the oven to 150 degrees Celsius.
- 28. Place the baking dish in the preheated oven.
- 29. Bake the cream for about 1 hour.
- 30. Make sure the water in the oven does not boil.
- 31. Remove the ramekins from the oven.
- 32. Let the cream cool down in the ramekins.
- 33. Sprinkle each cream with 2 teaspoons of raw sugar just before serving.
- 34. Place the ramekins under the hot oven grill.
- 35. Grill them briefly until the sugar caramelizes and becomes crispy.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 351
- Protein: 6 g · Fett/Fat: 32 g · Carbs: 16 g