green asparagus

Add rice wine and salt to fish. Make black bean sauce. Peel, chop and blanch asparagus. Heat oil in wok, stir-fry asparagus, add ginger, garlic fish and sauce, mix, cook until done. Add spring onions, sesame oil and serve.

Fish fillets in black bean sauce

(9 ounces) skin-on fish fillets

(2tsp) rice wine

fine sea salt,

(⅓oz) fermented black beans

sugar

milliliters (1tsp) light soy sauce

¼tsp finely ground white pepper

(12½oz) green asparagus

ginger

garlic

spring onions

milliliters (2tsp) cooking oil

sesame oil

Cut the fish fillets into two-bite pieces.

Put the fish in a bowl, add the rice wine and sprinkle with salt. Mix well, then set aside while preparing the other ingredients.

Briefly rinse the black beans with warm water, then drain them. Put them in a small bowl, then add the sugar, soy sauce, white pepper and 15ml (1 tbsp) of warm water. Mix well, then set aside to soak.

Place the asparagus spears flat on a cutting board and use a vegetable peeler to peel off the tough outer skin from the lower part of each stalk. Cut the spears into 2.5cm (1 in) pieces.

Bring a pot of lightly salted water to the boil, add the asparagus pieces and blanch for 15 seconds. Drain in a colander, rinse with cold water and drain again.

Cut the ginger slices into thin matchsticks. Slice the garlic cloves in half. Cut the spring onions into 2.5cm (1 in) pieces.

Heat a wok over a high flame. When the wok is hot, add the cooking oil. Swirl the wok until coated with the oil, then add the asparagus and sprinkle lightly with salt. Stir-fry for about 30 seconds.

Add the ginger and garlic and stir-fry for about 15 seconds. Add the fish and the black bean sauce. Mix gently, then turn the flame to low.

Cover the wok with the lid, then simmer the ingredients for 30 seconds. Gently stir the ingredients and if the mixture seems dry, add about 45ml (3 tbsp) of hot water.

Turn the flame to high and cook the ingredients, stirring gently, until the fish is cooked and the liquid lightly coats the ingredients. Turn off the flame.

Taste the sauce and correct the seasonings, if necessary.

Stir in the spring onion and sesame oil. Transfer the ingredients to a plate and serve immediately.

This greenasparagus pasta recipe has a lusciously creamy, cheesy sauce witha hint of lemon for a bright and fresh taste. Make it in less than 25 minutesfor a weekday dinner or a fancy date-night!

Creamy Asparagus Pasta

(226 g) spaghetti ((or any other pasta))

(226 g) green asparagus ((use

salted butter

organic lemon ((zest of 1 lemon plus 2 teaspoons juice))

black pepper

parmesan cheese

Salt

To finish: black pepper, grated lemon zest, and parmesan

Wash asparagus spears. Trim woody ends and peel the lower quarter of the thicker asparagus spears with a vegetable peeler to remove the fibrous skin. Chop diagonal into about 1/3-inch (1 cm) thick slices. Leave the tips whole, about 2-3 inches long (5-7 cm).

Cook the pasta in salted water according to the packaging instructions.

In the meantime, melt butter in a large pan over medium heat and sauté the chopped asparagus including tips, about 5 minutes. Add a bit of lemon zest and stir.

Drain pasta and set some of the cooking water aside. Let pasta sit in the colander while making the sauce.

Add creme fraiche, some lemon zest (keep some for topping the finished dish), and black pepper to the empty pasta pot. Heat until creme fraiche becomes liquid, while stirring.

Add 1 tablespoon pasta cooking water at a time, while stirring to get a nice luscious and creamy sauce. If you add to much water at once, the sauce could break. Now add grated parmesan and more pasta water if needed. The sauce should resemble heavy cream. Add salt to taste (often not necessary because parmesan and cooking water are salty).

Squeeze some lemon juice over the asparagus in the pan (about 2 teaspoons), then stir. Add the drained pasta and most of the asparagus pieces (not the tips) to the pot with the sauce and stir to combine.

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