How to cook asparagus: the best recipes

How to cook asparagus: the best recipes

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Asparagus are typically spring shoots, rich in vitamins and with diuretic properties. Here are the tastiest and easiest recipes to prepare.

A selection of the tastiest and easiest recipes to prepare with asparagus. In a salad, as parcels, or even as an ingredient for some truly original crêpes. Here are a few particularly delicious ideas that you can make with both white and green asparagus.

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In a quinoa salad with peas, capers and ginger

To make the most of a quinoa salad with asparagus and peas, it is best to use an emulsion of oil, capers and ginger as a dressing.

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The quinoa salad with asparagus and peas.

In crêpes with taleggio

This savoury twist on classic crêpes can also be served as a first course, with the addition of béchamel sauce.

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Crêpes with asparagus and taleggio © Laura La Monaca

In a potato-based quiche

This recipe is a gluten-free reworking of the quiche, a dish from the French tradition, on a base of crispy potatoes.

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The asparagus quiche with a potato base © Laura La Monaca

In parcels

A tasty and easy-to-prepare starter, ideal for any time of day.

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Asparagus parcels © Laura La Monaca

With sun-dried tomatoes and goat's cheese

A delicious oven-baked recipe. A treat for the palate, enriched with sun-dried tomatoes and goat's cheese.

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Oven-baked asparagus with sun-dried tomatoes and goat's cheese © Laura La Monaca

In a savoury tart with squacquerone

An easy savoury tart to prepare; the base requires only spelt flour, extra virgin olive oil, a pinch of salt and water.

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The asparagus and squacquerone savoury tart © Laura la Monaca

In a toast, grilled with poached eggs

Here is an original recipe for preparing a balanced savoury breakfast. A different idea from the classic sweet version, to start the day with the right amount of protein and fibre.
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A toast with grilled asparagus and a poached egg © Laura La Monaca