The Secret Recipe Club:
Fresh Asparagus with Lemon Crumbs
I feel so bad, for the first time since I joined The Secret Recipe Club nearly three years ago, I missed the reveal day due to bad planning and the INCORRECT date in my post schedule diary! The reveal day for group C was yesterday, but as you can see I am posting a day late……..and I would like to apologise to my “secret blogger” Jamie from Cookin’ with Moxie, as this it not the recipe I had planned to make, but is a quick recipe that I made this morning in order to be able to post my commitment to her, the group and the club. It is however a LOVELY recipe for late spring and early summer as it is all about ASPARAGUS which is in season right now; the recipe for DILL ASPARAGUS WITH LEMON PANKO which was on Jamie’s blog looked amazing, and fitted the bill for ingredients I had to hand, so it was made with alacrity and devoured for breakfast, and why not have asparagus for breakfast, it’s light and tasty and is perfect when served with eggs.
Hampshire Asparagus at the Watercress Festival 2014
The recipe I had bookmarked to make this week, as I thought I had until the 26th May, was Jamie’s ASIAN CHICKEN LETTUCE WRAPS, although I was also tempted with Jamie’s EASY CHEESY CRESCENT SANDWICH and her recipe for DOUBLE CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY CUPCAKES, which looked DIVINE! Jamie is an almost 30-year old living in Boston with her pug Ginger. She comes from a large Italian family and grew up in Long Island, New York. She loves and cherishes her family very much and enjoys cooking with them when she visits home……her blog is full of exciting and tasty recipes and I spent a happy hour or two looking at her recipe index deciding what to make a few weeks ago. The recipe was adapted from The Kitchen Witch, and Jamie made it herself for a Secret Recipe reveal day last year…….it was the perfect recipe for me, as I had just returned from the Watercress Festival in Alresford, more about that later in another post, and as well as being armed with copious amounts of watercress, I also brought some asparagus back with me too.
Alresford Watercress Festival
But back to the recipe, I have adapted it slightly to suit the ingredients I had to hand, and the adapted recipe is shared below. Do visit Jamie’s wonderful blog if you have time, and in the meantime, I apologise once more for my tardy post and hope my readers will enjoy this simple and seasonal recipe for asparagus as much as we did today! Karen
The Secret Recipe Club: Fresh Asparagus with Lemon Crumbs
Fresh Asparagus with Lemon Crumbs
(Recipe adapted from Cookin’ with Moxie and originally The Kitchen Witch)
Ingredients:
25g unsalted butter
50g fresh white bread crumbs
Zest and juice of 1 lemon
1 bunch asparagus
1 teaspoon olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions:
1. In a large non- stick frying pan melt butter over medium heat. Add the breadcrumbs and HALF of the lemon zest. Cook, stirring occasionally until the breadcrumbs are toasted and a light golden brown. Remove to a plate and set aside. (I left my breadcrumbs quite pale as they were already lightly toasted)
2. In the same pan, heat olive oil over medium high heat. Add asparagus, salt and pepper. Sauté until asparagus is tender crisp, about 4 to 8 minutes (depending on size). Finish with lemon juice, cook and toss to coat for another 30 seconds to a minute.
3. To serve place asparagus on a platter or individual plate and top with lemon breadcrumbs and the rest of the grated lemon zest for colour.
The Secret Recipe Club: Fresh Asparagus with Lemon Crumbs
This recipe is perfect for National Vegetarian Week
Lauranne says
That looks yummy
Karen Burns-Booth says
Thanks Lauranne – tasted great too!
Jacqueline Meldrum says
That looks wonderful Karen 🙂
Karen Burns-Booth says
Thanks Jac, and a veggie recipe for the meat-free week too! 😉
Deanna Segrave-Daly (@tspbasil) says
That still is a lovely recipe for being late to post – we all lucked out! 🙂
Karen Burns-Booth says
Thanks Deanna, I just go the dates wrong and I was away from home too!
Louisa Foti says
I adore asparagus in any shape and form and with crumbs, butter and lemon this must be good! Looks totally delightful Karen!
Karen Burns-Booth says
The lightly toasted lemon crumbs just work so well in this dish Lou!
Dom says
God I love asparagus season. It’s so wonderful and simple recipes like this where you can savour the clean taste of the vegetable is really beautiful. Gorgeous pics, so summery x
Karen Burns-Booth says
Exactly Dom! The less messing the around the better for such great seasonal stuff! Thanks! K xx
Margaret says
Definitely worth the wait for this one. LOVE asparagus and always looking for new ways to fix it.
Karen Burns-Booth says
Thanks Margaret! I am an airhead sometimes when I am busy! LOL!
Janie says
That looks divine ladies & you’re right Karen, a couple of poached eggs perched on top would be the icing on the cake!
janie x
Karen Burns-Booth says
I did serve Malcolm’s with a poached egg Janie! 🙂
Adam @ CorrChilled says
I’m definitely going to be making this at home, it look absolutely delightful!
Also, just so you know, we’ve included you in our Midweek Food and Cooking Inspiration – The Best in Food Blogging This Week post which you can find here: https://www.corrchilled.co.uk/index.php?route=pavblog/blog&id=59 🙂
Karen Burns-Booth says
Thanks so much Adam – I hope you enjoy this recipe if you make it!
Choclette says
With the asparagus season just taking off, this is perfect timing Karen. I’m so looking forward to eating my first asparagus. This looks like a very nice way to serve it.
Karen Burns-Booth says
It’s simple and the lemon works so well Choclette!
Jamie says
Thank you for still posting and for making this delicious recipe! Do let me know if you decide to make any other recipes from my blog though!
Karen Burns-Booth says
I will let you know Jamie and I still have those lettuce wraps on the menu to make!
cheri says
I love the picture of the asparagus…….I have never seen so much in one place. Great recipe!
Karen Burns-Booth says
I was amazed when I passed the asparagus stall too Cheri, as you say, so many bundles of loveliness in the same place!
Mallory @ Because I Like Chocolate says
Despite it not being option #1, I still love your choice of recipe! It’s the perfect time of year for asparagus!