Many of you asked for recipes about asparagus. There are so many in the internet websites that I don’t want to repeat them. But some are special and I love to share them with you. The special one I showed earlier (in my post Asparagus Pee) made with „Filo dough“ (also Puff-pastry called) and coconut milk, I post it here right now.

This lovely recipe is coming from a good friend who is cooking lots of recipes from the „veganfamily“. Its really a hit and you have to try it. As we use here in Uruguay green asparagus, one also can make all of the here shown with white asparagus.

Green asparagus on filo pastry with hearty coconut cream.

Here is a recipe that tastes great and is so easy to make. With green asparagus, it does not have to be peeled, not cooked, just baked in the oven.

    Same recipe, cooked a different day.

Ingredients.

2 onions, peeled and chopped
2 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
2 teaspoons salt
3 tablespoons of coconut oil
1 can of coconut milk (c. 400 g , 13 oz)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
100 ml of olive oil
500 g green asparagus
salt and pepper to season
10 leaves of filo pastry (about 30×30 cm)

  The Filo sheets they used in Germany.

  The ones we find here in Uruguay are mostly packed by 2 sheets (about 30x38cm) and a bit thicker then the above shown one. I have seen at least 10 different products, but we use mostly the Augusta or Tienda Inglesa one. 2 sheets for about 100,–peso (3,–US$).

How to do.

For the cream peel the onions and garlic and cut into pieces. Fry it in a saucepan with the salt in the coconut oil until the onion pieces are slightly brown. In a high-performance mixer or with a blender, mix the onion-garlic mixture with the coconut milk and the lemon juice to a cream. The cream should be slightly thickened. If this is not the case, tie with starch.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Lay out a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place a sheet of filo pastry on the baking paper and brush with a little olive oil. Put a second sheet of filo pastry on top and brush with oil. Continue until all leaves have been processed.

Halve the onion cream and spread one half of the cream on the top filo pastry plate.

    The mouthwatering plate of Filo-asparagus.

Wash the asparagus, cut off the woody ends and spread the sticks over the cream. Brush the sticks with olive oil, season with salt and pepper and bake for about 20 minutes until the dough is crispy brown. Heat the remaining cream and serve together with the filo pastry asparagus.

Tips.

I have baked a few pieces of raw onion on top it. A rucula salad tastes perfect with this delicious meal and a glass of cool dry white wine will round it up.

The above recipe idea inspired for a modification of Filo and asparagus. Today is Superbowl night in Atlanta and we will watch it. Therefore we prepared the following.

Asparagus sticks.

It is so easy to make and absolutely delicious. The asparagus is very crisp with this recipe, we like it that way. If you want to soften it a bit better then blanch the stems for about two minutes in salted water.

   Roll one stick of green asparagus into Filo dough (half sheet 15×30 cm is fine) and sprinkle with a bit of sweet paprika powder.

   Place all rolls on a baking sheet on your oven plate and brush the rolls with olive oil.

  Then bake them with 180-190 degree Celsius or 350-375 degree Fahrenheit in your oven for about 15 minutes, till they are crisp and golden brown. After about half time I would turn them and brush with olive oil the other side.

Serve them directly hot out the oven with a dip of sweet chilli sauce aside. You can keep these asparagus sticks for a few hours on a dry place and serve them cold. But they will loose the crispy taste. One can make sweet chilli sauce very easy by themselves or, as I do, use the finest sauce from Mae Ploy (original Thai sauce). Never seen in Uruguay. I always bring it from outside. You can keep it for many years, if opened once, in a fridge.

This delicious sauce I like to use for many occasions, especially with all kinds of fish. As a dip you will like it with French Fries, Lumpia, Spring-rolls, Chicken-wings, fried Shrimps and much much more. Hope you like it as much as I do.   ENJOY !!