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🍽️ Tender Asparagus with Creamy Butter Sauce

453 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Thoroughly wash the asparagus under running water.
  2. 2. Peel the stalks from the middle to the tip.
  3. 3. Trim off the woody lower ends of the stalks.
  4. 4. Tie the prepared stalks together with a kitchen twine.
  5. 5. Bring salted water in a pot to a gentle simmer.
  6. 6. Cook the asparagus in the water for about 20 minutes.
  7. 7. Remove the asparagus from the pot and let it drain well.
  8. 8. Melt the butter in a small pan over low heat.
  9. 9. Whip the cream in a separate bowl until stiff.
  10. 10. Place a heatproof bowl over a pot of hot water (double boiler setup).
  11. 11. Whisk the egg yolks with lemon juice, salt, and pepper in the bowl.
  12. 12. Continue whisking until the mixture is creamy and slightly fluffy.
  13. 13. Carefully remove the bowl from the hot water.
  14. 14. Slowly stir the melted butter into the egg yolk mixture drop by drop.
  15. 15. Gently fold the whipped cream into the sauce using a spoon.
  16. 16. Set aside two sprigs of fresh tarragon for decoration.
  17. 17. Finely chop the remaining tarragon.
  18. 18. Stir the chopped herbs into the finished sauce.
  19. 19. Place the asparagus onto the serving plates.
  20. 20. Pour the warm sauce evenly over the asparagus.
  21. 21. Garnish the dish with the reserved tarragon sprigs.

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