passionate asparagus
Passionate asparagus are a super easy and surprising combination with the white gold of spring and passion fruit. Steamed "en papillotte" in the oven.
Equipment
- aluminium foil or baking paper
Ingredients
- 500 gram asparagus white
- 1 orange
- 1 passion fruit
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 100 gram scampi
- 10 cherry tomatoes
- pepper
- salt
- butter
- chives
Instructions
- Peel the asparagus and cut off the wooden part at the bottom. Place them in a baking tray on aluminium foil (on the shiny side).
- Press the orange and halve the passion fruit. Mix the juices and bring them up to taste with brown sugar, some pepper and salt.
- Halve the cherry tomatoes.
- Pour the juice over the asparagus. Place some cubes of butter and the halved tomatoes on top.
- Fold the aluminium foil "en papillotte". It should be hermetically closed. Place the baking tray in the oven which is preheated at 240°C.
- Steam the passionate asparagus for 40 minutes in the oven.
- Now you can rest for 35 minutes. Five minutes before they are ready you can start preparing the scampi.
- Heat some butter in a small pan. You can also add some pili pili if you like a spicy bite. Some additional halved cherry tomatoes can also go along if you want.
- Bake the scampi for a few minutes. Not too long, otherwise they are overdone.
- Take the asparagus out of the oven and open the foil. this will smell delicious!!!
- Check whether the asparagus are ready and transfer them to the plates. Finish with scampi and chives and enjoy with a good glass of white wine.
Nutrition
Serving: 1portionCalories: 377kcalCarbohydrates: 65gProtein: 33gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 137mgSodium: 151mgPotassium: 2157mgFiber: 24gSugar: 39gVitamin A: 6037IUVitamin C: 162mgCalcium: 256mgIron: 14mg
