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Lentil and Asparagus Salad

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Lentil and Asparagus Salad

The perfect lentil and asparagus salad recipe with a picture and simple step-by-step instructions.

salad

  • 150 g Puy lentils
  • 300 g Green asparagus
  • 4 Spring onions, cut into thin rings
  • 6 Radishes, grated
  • 100 g Colorful tomatoes
  • Butter
  • Oil

dressing

  • 1 tbsp Honey
  • 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 1 Lime, the juice
  • 60 ml Walnut oil
  • Black pepper from the mill
  • Salt

salad

  1. Simmer the Puy lentils in enough water for 15 minutes, then pour them over a sieve, rinse under cold running water and then drain well. Then place the lentils in a salad bowl.
  2. Cut off the woody end of the green asparagus and then cut diagonally into pieces. Please lay the asparagus tips separately. Melt some oil with butter in a pan and fry the asparagus for a few minutes while turning, then add the asparagus tips for the last 3 minutes. Then put the asparagus in a sieve and let the fat drain well.
  3. Now add the spring onions, the radishes and the quartered tomatoes to the lentils and then the asparagus and turn everything well.

dressing

  1. Put all the ingredients for the dressing in a tall container and mix with a hand blender to make a creamy dressing.

finish

  1. Pour the dressing over the salad, mix well and then serve.
Dinner
European
lentil and asparagus salad

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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