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🍽️ Asparagus-Ham Parcels with Potatoes and Orange-Mustard Dip
394 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 600 g small, waxy potatoes
- salt
- 1 kg white asparagus
- lemon juice
- 1 stalk leek
- 3 unpeeled oranges
- 50 g butter
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 0.5 tsp cornstarch
- 4 slices Parma ham
Instructions
- 1. Wash the potatoes thoroughly.
- 2. Bring a large pot of water and salt to a boil.
- 3. Add the potatoes to the boiling water.
- 4. Cook the potatoes for 25 to 30 minutes until tender.
- 5. Peel the white asparagus completely with a vegetable peeler.
- 6. Cut off the woody lower ends of the asparagus stalks.
- 7. Fill a large pot with water, add salt and a splash of lemon juice.
- 8. Bring the asparagus water to a boil.
- 9. Cook the asparagus for 20 to 25 minutes until done.
- 10. Halve the leek lengthwise.
- 11. Rinse the leek under running water.
- 12. Remove any dirty or wilted outer leaves.
- 13. Cut the leek into thin strips.
- 14. Bring a small pot of salted water to a boil.
- 15. Add the leek strips to the boiling water for 1 minute.
- 16. Remove the leek strips immediately with a slotted spoon.
- 17. Place the leek strips in a bowl of cold water to stop the cooking process.
- 18. Let the leek strips drain well.
- 19. Wash the oranges under hot water.
- 20. Dry the oranges with a kitchen towel.
- 21. Cut one orange into thick wedges.
- 22. Grate the peel of the remaining oranges finely to get zest.
- 23. Squeeze the juice of the remaining oranges.
- 24. You should get about 150 milliliters of orange juice.
- 25. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat.
- 26. Add the mustard seeds to the melted butter.
- 27. Take two tablespoons of orange juice into a small bowl.
- 28. Stir the starch smoothly into the two tablespoons of orange juice.
- 29. Pour the remaining orange juice into the pot with the butter.
- 30. Let the sauce come to a brief boil.
- 31. Stir the starch-orange juice mixture and add it to the boiling sauce.
- 32. Let the sauce thicken while stirring.
- 33. Take five to six stalks of asparagus out of the cooking water.
- 34. Wrap a slice of ham around each asparagus stalk.
- 35. Place a leek strip on the ham-asparagus parcel.
- 36. Place the asparagus parcels on the plates.
- 37. Pour the warm orange-mustard butter sauce over the asparagus parcels.
- 38. Drain the cooking water from the potatoes.
- 39. Let the potatoes steam in the pot for a short while.
- 40. Place the orange wedges next to the asparagus parcels on the plates.
- 41. Sprinkle the entire dish with the orange zest.
- 42. Serve the dish immediately while warm.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 394
- Protein: 16 g · Fett/Fat: 16 g · Carbs: 44 g