Grilled Wild Asparagus

grilled with asparagus

Grilled Wild Asparagus

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Esparragos Trigueros A La Plancha - Asparagus served with salsa mayonesa (fresh mayo), sel marina (coarse sea salt) and choricitos fritos (sauteed sliced baby chorizos) is a simple dish. True wild asparagus grows on the edges of wheatfields in spring and is called triguerros after trigo, the Spanish word for 'wheat'. Sweet in flavor, it is a much paler green than our thin asparagus.
Servings: 4
Calories: 343

Ingredients
 

  • mayonesa
  • 1 garlic clove finely chopped
  • 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • a pinch of salt
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 5 floz olive oil

To serve

  • coarse sea salt

Instructions

  • To make the mayonesa, put the garlic, half the lemon juice, a pinch of salt and a few drops of water in a mortar and pound to a paste. Add the egg yolk, grinding with the pestle in one direction.
  • Gradually mix in the oil in drops. After adding 100 ml, add a little more of the lemon juice and continue slowly mixing in the oil until a thick emulsion forms. Taste and adjust the flavour with more salt and the remaining lemon juice if needed.
  • Alternatively, use a blender or small food processor, but you will have to double the ingredients or the mixture won't cover the blades. Cover any leftovers with clingfilm, chill and keep for another use.
  • Trim the asparagus and peel away the papery triangular bits from the stalk. Put the oil, salt and pepper in a shallow dish, add the asparagus and turn to coat.
  • Heat a ridged stove-top grill pan until smoking. Add the asparagus, a batch at a time, turning the spears over when grill marks appear. They will take 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 minutes on each side.
  • Serve while still hot with the mayonesa, sea salt and chorizos in small bowls.
Calories: 343 kcal
Carbohydrates: 1 g
Protein: 1 g
Fat: 38g
Saturated Fat: 6 g
Cholesterol: 49 mg
Sodium: 3 mg
Potassium: 11 mg
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 1 g
Vitamin A: 65 IU
Vitamin C: 1 mg
Calcium: 8 mg
Iron: 1 mg
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