Rating
5
Average: 5 (1 vote)
Active time
25 minutes
Total time
25 minutes
Yield
4 Servings
Nutritioni
Ingredients

¼ cup hazelnuts

1 pound fresh asparagus

Juice of 1 lemon

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

Sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

1 tablespoon grated Parmesan

Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Toast the hazelnuts on a baking sheet for 5-8 minutes. Cool, then crush in a towel using a rolling pin. Set aside.
  2. Wash and snap the asparagus spears at their base. Upend a small bowl, place a spear on the flat bottom, and using a vegetable peeler, gently shave into long thin slices.
  3. Mix the lemon juice with the olive oil and add the sea salt and pepper. At the very last second, toss the dressing with the hazelnuts and asparagus. Serve on a platter, garnished with the Parmesan.

Courtesy of Jonathan Waxman, from Italian, My Way, for Al Wadi al Akhdar

Nutrition

Cal: 328
Fat: 31g
Sodium: 175mg
Carb: 8g
Protein
8g

Yield: 4 Servings

How'd it Taste?

Damber Kumar Gautam
0
DELICIOUS
Don Ciesielski
5
I haven't fixed this recipe as of yet but intend to soon. However I would like to add something according to a practice we learned and use when eating asparagus and what might be the intention of the contributor, Kumar, of this recipe. If you look closely at the picture of the serving you will notice that the asparagus tips are not shaved but whole. What we have learned is that shaving the first peeled outer skin of the more tough snapped off bottom part of the asparagus, exposes a nice tender inner core that can be consumed rather than discarded. (It's delicious) The portion above that tougher portion is not that necessary to shave as it is usually much thinner and more tender making it harder to shave. So considering the picture of the salad and what we learned, I might venture to think, and to be so bold to suggest, that Kumar's intention was to shave the snapped off portion (after removing the very first tougher peeling), maybe a bit of a thicker upper stalk, and keeping the tips whole as pictured. It's asparagus season here in southern New Jersey and the hundreds of farm markets are loaded with fresh asparagus so I will be trying this tonight or in the very near future. However, based upon reading the recipe, I'm giving this a five star now as I salivate thinking about how tasty it will be. Thanks Kumar

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