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Cooking Asparagus – The Best Tips for Asparagus Season

thomas sixt koch food fotograf — Thomas Sixt Koch und Foodfotograf.

Cooking asparagus is the idea of this page. Learn my tips and recipes.

Local asparagus spears are available in Germany from mid to late April. Traditionally, the asparagus season ends on St. John’s Day on June 24.

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Tips for Cooking Asparagus

You can find cooking tips for asparagus below:

Peeling asparagus cover picture — Peeled white asparagus.

Asparagus vegetables in the pot — Asparagus vegetables in a pot with butter.

Frequently asked questions about the Cooking asparagus

Asparagus Soups

The asparagus soup tastes delicious, here are some fine variations of the cream and foam soup:

green asparagus soup — Green asparagus soup with caramelised asparagus pieces and strips of raw asparagus tips

Green Asparagus Soup

Asparagus soup with salmon — Cream of asparagus soup with salmon.

Asparagus soup with salmon

Recipe picture for asparagus soup with coconut milk. — Asparagus soup with coconut milk recipe Picture.

Asparagus soup with coconut milk

Asparagus soup or cream of asparagus soup recipe picture. — Asparagus soup with asparagus and wild garlic pesto. Recipe Image.

asparagus soup prawns — Asparagus soup with prawns.

Cream of asparagus soup with prawns

Asparagus soup simple — Asparagus soup simple with mushrooms and asparagus pieces.

Simple asparagus soup

Asparagus stock cover Frequently asked questions about asparagus soup

Frequently asked questions about asparagus soup

Asparagus Cokking According to Preparation Method

You can prepare the popular vegetable in a variety of tasty ways:

Asparagus Sous Vide Recipe Picture — Preparing asparagus sous vide

Asparagus Sous Vide

Asparagus oven — Asparagus fresh from the oven.

Roasted asparagus in the oven

Fried asparagus — Fried asparagus that is deep-fried.

Asparagus deep fried

Recipe picture Prepare asparagus in the oven, in aluminum foil — Asparagus in the oven in foil.

Grilling asparagus — Grilling asparagus made easy.

Barbecue asparagus

Sauces for Asparagus

Classic and new, matching cold and hot sauces can be found here:

Recipe Sauce Hollandaise the cover picture for the article. Salmon with asparagus served deliciously. — Preparing hollandaise safely

Hollandaise sauce recipe

asparagus with hollandaise sauce is the classic of good cuisine — Hollandaise sauce Blender

Hollandaise Blender

Thermomix Hollandaise Sauce

Sauce Bernaise, a derivative of the classic Sauce Hollandaise. — Bernaise sauce with herbs.

Pesto in the bowl — Wild garlic pesto

Wild garlic pesto

Basil pesto — Pesto with basil

Pesto alla Genovese

Carrot Green Pesto — Pesto from the greens of carrots

Pesto with carrot greens

Asparagus Classic

You can find some of the classics of asparagus cuisine here:

White asparagus with smoked salmon served with hollandaise sauce. — Asparagus with smoked salmon and hollandaise sauce.

Asparagus with smoked salmon

Asparagus with ham — Asparagus with ham and hollandaise sauce.

Asparagus with ham

May plaice in whole recipe picture. — May plaice with asparagus

May plaice with asparagus

Dorade recipe for the oven — Dorade with asparagus

Oven-baked gilthead with asparagus

Asparagus risotto white asparagus — Asparagus risotto with white asparagus

Asparagus risotto white asparagus

Asparagus risotto with green asparagus and tomatoes — Asparagus risotto green asparagus

Asparagus risotto green asparagus

Trout served whole with asparagus. — Trout Müllerin style with asparagus

Trout in the oven with asparagus

Recipes by cooking professional Thomas Sixt Category Picture — Pasta with asparagus and tuna

Spaghetti with asparagus and tuna

Salmon cream sauce — Salmon cream sauce with rice and asparagus

Salmon with cream sauce, green asparagus and rice

Lemon risotto with fish — Lemon risotto with halibut and asparagus

Lemon risotto with asparagus

Salads with Asparagus

Asparagus salads modern and newly interpreted follow here:

Shrimps and beans in salad marinade, delicious and shining with flavor. — Bread salad with asparagus

Italian bread salad with asparagus

Salad with beef in a mustard crust — The beef salad with asparagus

Beef salad with asparagus

Asparagus salad with strawberries served with balsamic glace, which is boiled down and greatly reduced balsamic. — Asparagus with strawberries and balsamic ice cream.

Asparagus salad with strawberries

Quinoa salad with asparagus

Quinoa salad with asparagus and strawberries

Couscous salad with asparagus — Couscous salad with asparagus and strawberries

Couscous salad with asparagus and strawberries

Goat cheese with asparagus — Goat cheese with asparagus and salad.

Goat cheese with asparagus and strawberries

Scallops starter with asparagus — Scallops and green asparagus

Scallops with asparagus

Recipe Sauce Hollandaise the cover picture for the article. Salmon with asparagus served deliciously. — Salmon with asparagus, potatoes and hollandaise sauce

Salmon with asparagus

How to recognise good, fresh asparagus?

When you go shopping for asparagus, please pay attention to the origin.:

Organic asparagus and local asparagus are preferable to cheap imported goods.

You can recognise fresh asparagus by its appearance: shiny skin, closed heads and no brown spots.

How to store asparagus

Wrap the asparagus in damp cloths and store in the refrigerator, sealed.

What is contained in asparagus?

Asparagus contains many vitamins and minerals:

Vitamin C
Vitamin E
Beta-Carotin
B-Komplex Vitamines
Folic acid

Folic acid is extremely sensitive to heat. Therefore, enjoy asparagus finely chopped as a raw vegetable in a salad every now and then!

Asparagus health effect

Asparagus is a delicacy medicine for heart and kidneys. In the past, asparagus was even listed as a medicinal plant in the official pharmacopoeia and was available in every pharmacy.

Today, asparagus is often found as an ingredient in kidney and bladder teas.

Besides the wonderful appearance and taste, asparagus is simply a very very healthy vegetable.

Hieronymus Bock referred to asparagus as “Lovely food for foodies”.…

Asparagus history

There is evidence that asparagus has been eaten for 5,000 years and it only came to us in the Middle Ages.