Category: Banting Recipes, Dinner, Healthy Recipes, Heart Healthy Recipes, Life Style Recipes, Light Dinners, Lunch, Meal Times, Recipes, Summer Recipes, Vegetable Recipes, Vegetarian
Cuisine: African, Boere Kos, Italian/USA, Mediterranean, South African
Cooking Method: Stove Top
Yields:
4 Servings
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 10 Mins
Cook Time:
10 Mins
Total Time:
20 Mins
Fresh Asparagus infused with flavours of all kind.
Ingredients
Adjust Servings
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INGREDIENTS:
Instructions
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METHOD:
- 1. To prepare Asparagus , snap off tough ends of spears where easily broken.
- 2. To ensure even cooking peel stem ends with vegetable peeler.
- 3. To steam Asparagus rinse and place in a steam basket, Place the steam basket in a large sauce pan, Add 2.5cm of water in the sauce pan, (water should not touch the bottom of the steam basket). Cover and bring to boil over a high heat and cook Asparagus for 5 - 8 minutes until crisp-tender. Add water when needed to prevent pan from boiling dry.
- 4. Remove spears from basket and make wreath of spears on warm round serving platter or arrange in glass mold.
- 5. Melt Butter and Lemon Juice in a small saucepan over medium heat. Pour over Asparagus. Combine chopped Pepperoni and bread crumbs in small bowl and sprinkle over Asparagus.
Notes
TIPS: ENSURE THAT THE WATER IN THE PAN DURING STEAMING DOES NOT DRY UP.
