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Asparagus with Orange Butter Sauce

Total Time40 minutes
Servings: 4 people

Ingredients

  • 2 Organic oranges
  • 1 Shallot
  • 6 tbsp Butter
  • 100 ml White wine
  • 150 g Whipped cream
  • 1 kg White asparagus
  • Salt
  • 1 Egg yolk size M
  • 4 Branches Tarragon
  • Black pepper

Instructions

  • 1 Wash the orange, rub dry and rub the peel thinly. Squeeze both oranges. Peel and finely chop the shallot, sauté in 1 tbsp butter until translucent, deglaze with orange juice. Pour in the orange peel, wine and half of the whipped cream, reduce everything to half. Pour the sauce through a sieve.
  • Peel the asparagus, cut off the hard ends and cook in salted water for about 12-15 minutes until al dente, then drain.
  • Preheat the oven to 220 ° C (fan oven 200 ° C).
  • Beat the rest of the cream until stiff, mix in the egg yolks. Finely chop the tarragon. Stir the remaining butter into the sauce. Stir in the cream-egg mixture and tarragon and season with salt and pepper.
  • Arrange the asparagus on an ovenproof plate and cover with orange sauce. In the preheated oven on the middle rack, baked until golden yellow for about 5 minutes.
  • Raw or cooked ham and jacket or boiled potatoes taste good with it.
  • Serve with mixed lettuce.

Nutrition

Serving: 100g | Calories: 410kcal | Carbohydrates: 1.5g | Protein: 1.2g | Fat: 43.1g