(Asparagus with Hollandaise sauce - Traditional recipe)

Time: preparation: 30 minutes ........ cooking: 25 minutes 1 kg (1,2 lb) fresh asparagus Hollandaise sauce Salt easy recipe

  Spoon measures are American spoons, that is standard cook's measuring spoons used in USA.
  The best plan is to regard 2 American teaspoons or tablespoons as 1 English teaspoon or tablespoon (eating spoons)

Clean the asparagus. Scrape the lower part with a little knife to remove the earth and, if the asparagus are thick, remove the outer layers and woody stalks. Wash them. Cook them upright in tall asparagus steamer or boil them upright, tied into a bunch, in abundant salt water but be careful that their tips are out of the water. It needs 15 minutes for cooking them if they are thick but, if they are tender, it needs 7-8 minutes. Drain them, pat dry with absorbent kitchen paper and arrange on a serving platter. Serve them with hot Hollandaise sauce.

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