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Preparation
vegetables is in most cases simple: boil asparagus in lightly salted
water and serve it with a sauce or seasoning, or use it in the preparation
of another dish, for example risotto. However, the process does require
care, and the results will be better if you have an asparagus pot, which
is thin and quite tall, and may come with a basket-like insert. Using
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that is good to treat friends and relatives. Begin by washing your asparagus well, and trimming the ends so as to have spears that are all the same length – in making the cuts, start at the end of the spear and work towards the tip, making the cut where the knife penetrates the stalk easily. Depending upon their diameter, you may want to scrape the last 2 inches or so of the spears to remove woody filaments. With thinner commercially grown spears or wild asparagus scraping shouldn't be necessary. Next, fill the basket with vegetables and stand this bunch upright in the asparagus pot. Fill the pot so the water comes about 3 inches up the asparagus stalks, remove the stalks, and bring the water to a rolling boil. Salt it lightly, stand the bundle of stalks in it, cover, and cook for 5-8 minutes, or until the tips are tender and begin to droop – the direct heat of the boiling water insures that the tougher bases of the stems will cook, while the gentler steam heat will keep the tips from overcooking or getting sodden. Keep in mind that the asparagus will continue to cook for a minute or two once you have removed it from the pot, and that given a choice most people prefer asparagus under rather than overcooked. |
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