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White asparagus, parmesan and toasted hazelnuts
Photo: Stephanie Studer

White asparagus, parmesan and toasted hazelnuts

10 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 2 openrecipes

If you’re lucky you can now find white asparagus in British supermarkets. It’s slightly tougher, but has an earthier flavour than the more common green variety. Here’s a unique way to serve it – with smoked butter and lardo.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

499
Calories
41g
Protein
33g
Fat
11g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 11 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Parmesan Cheese 1 oz (28g) 110
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Asparagus 6 spears (90g) 27
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Hazelnut not in our table 0
Meat not in our table 0
Sauce not in our table 0
Chervil not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 10 white asparagus
  • 25g/1oz hazelnuts
  • 30g/1oz parmesan
  • 50g/1¾oz butter
  • and pepper salt
  • 100g/3½oz smoked butter
  • ½ lemon
  • 100g/3½oz piece of lardo, trimmed and sliced on a meat slicer into 3mm-thick slices large enough to cover the bottom of each small serving dish (about 10x7cm/4x2¾in)
  • 250ml/9fl oz pork sauce, reduced to half its volume over a low heat
  • 5g picked chervil

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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