ASPARAGUS WITH PEAS, MINT & JERSEY ROYALS IN WILD GARLIC BUTTER

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Coat asparagus, peas and Jersey Royals in a mint and wild garlic butter, then top with toasted almonds - the perfect partner to roast meat and savoury tarts

Provided by Rosie Birkett

Categories     Side dish, Vegetable

Time 40m

Yield Serves 4 as a side

Number Of Ingredients 9

300g Jersey Royal potatoes
handful slivered almonds
75g softened butter
small handful wild garlic leaves, very finely chopped (or 1 crushed garlic clove)
1 tbsp mint leaves
250g freshly podded peas
drizzle olive oil , for frying
½ lemon , zested and juiced
A bunch of asparagus spears

Steps:

  • Bring a large pan of water to the boil and cook the potatoes for 8-10 mins or until tender. Drain.
  • Toast the slivered almonds in a dry frying pan until golden. Set aside.
  • Mix together the butter, wild garlic leaves and mint (you can blitz in a food processor, if you like). Set aside.
  • Cover the peas with boiling water for 30 seconds, then drain and immediately plunge into cold water.
  • Heat the olive oil in a large lidded saucepan over a medium heat. Add the asparagus spears and a good pinch of sea salt and shake to coat in the oil. Put the lid on and cook the asparagus over a low to medium heat, shaking the pan to move the spears around, about 4 mins. Remove the spears from the pan and immediately plunge into iced water.
  • Melt the garlic butter in the pan and squeeze in the juice of the lemon. Stir the potatoes, asparagus and peas into the butter untiul warm. Tip everything onto a serving dish and grate over some lemon zest. Top with the toasted almonds.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 297 calories, Fat 24 grams fat, SaturatedFat 11 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 8 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 3 grams sugar, Fiber 6 grams fiber, Protein 10 grams protein, Sodium 0.4 milligram of sodium

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