Asparagus with Goat's Cheese Sauce

Recipe

Super-healthy asparagus tips, covered in a deliciously tangy goat's cheese and parsley sauce and topped with chopped walnuts.

Serves: 4 | Prep time: 10 mins | Cooking time: 15 mins  

British | Vegetarian | Organic | Starter  

Ingredients

  • 2 x 100g Specially Selected Asparagus tips
  • 1 x 150g The Cheese Emporium Goats Cheese
  • 1  x heaped teaspoon Stonemills dried parsley
  • 150ml Semi skimmed milk
  • 20g The Pantry walnut pieces
  • Salt and black pepper

Method

  1. Put the milk and the dried parsley in a small saucepan, crumble the goat’s cheese over the milk, season with a little salt and black pepper, heat the mixture, whisking as you do to melt the cheese - put to one side.
  2. Chop the walnuts into small pieces, and then put them in a small frying pan - without any oil, fry until they start to brown slightly.
  3. Cook the asparagus in some boiling salted water for 5 mins.
  4. Meanwhile heat through the goat’s cheese sauce.
  5. Drain the asparagus, divide between 4 plates, pour over the goat’s cheese sauce, and sprinkle over the chopped walnuts.