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Pea salad with asparagus and creme fraiche
We recommend this spring salad with roasted bacon, baked chicken thigh fillets or boiled quail eggs.
Steps
Chop the onion finely and cook slowly on a bit of fat until very soft, but not brown
Pour the wine in, increase the heat and let the wine evaporate
Season with salt and pepper, add the creme fraiche and let shimmer on a low heat until a little thickened
Stir occasionally
If necessary, season with more salt and pepper
You can add a pinch of nutmeg
Remove from heat and let cool.
Meanwhile, peel asparagus
Cut it into chunks and cook in boiling water for about 3 minutes
Then strain and let cool
Strain the water into the pot so you can reuse it.
Cook peas using the water from asparagus
Peas is cooked in about two minutes
Strain (water back into the pot), and rinse the peas under cold running water.
Mix thoroughly peas, asparagus and creme fraiche.
On a plate sprinkle with watercress sprouts.
Tip:
– Cook a soup of the remaining water you have and the second half os asparagus pack.You can also preboil skin peels of asparagus to get the maximumm flavor.
– Don´t worry of tchicken thigh fillets! Just give them a little oil, salt, pepper and a few drops of lemon juice
Bake at 180 °C for about 25 minutes
Thigh meat is much juicier and tastier than the breast meat.