• Asparagus with lemon and tarragon sauce

    Serves: 4
    Cooking Time: 10 mins

    Ingredients

    • TARRAGON SAUCE
    • 200ml crème fraîche
    • juice and zest of 1 lemon
    • 15ml white sugar
    • 30ml fresh tarragon, snipped
    • salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
    • a bundle of fresh green asparagus

    Instructions

    1

    Stir together all the ingredients for the sauce.

    2

    Steam or boil the asparagus in lightly salted water for about 5 minutes. Drain and rinse with ice-cold water.

    3

    Pour the sauce into glasses, place a couple of asparagus stems in each glass and serve.

    COOK’S TIP
    Use 15ml dried tarragon if you can’t find it fresh.