Warm Asparagus Salad with Walnut Bread Crumbs
Giving you Spring on a plate.
I mean sweet sweet pea greens with fresh asparagus perfectly peeled with all the butter, cheese, basil and walnuts you can handle.
It’s a fancy looking salad or side dish – but without the fuss.
Grab your ingredients
- Sweet pea greens
- Asparagus
- Gluten free panko bread crumbs
- Butter
- Olive oil
- Flake Salt
- Walnuts
- Cheese
- Basil
Serve it warm or at room temperature.
For this recipe of Warm Asparagus Salad with Walnut Bread Crumbs – the warm asparagus, wilts the sweet peas greens slightly while enhancing the flavors of the butter, breadcrumbs and of course the cheese.
It tastes best when eaten right away. Serving it at room temperature – so right after the asparagus is cooked in the butter – is just the best.
More Vegetarian recipes to try.
Warm Asparagus Salad with Walnut Bread Crumbs
- Total Time: 13 minutes
- Yield: 2-4 1x
- Diet: Halal
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons salted butter, divided
- 1 bunch Asparagus, trimmed and ends peeled
- 2 heaping tablespoons Gluten free panko bread crumbs
- 1 large pinch flake salt, plus more to season
- 2 tablespoons walnuts, roughly chopped
- 1/2 lemon, zest
- 2 handfuls sweet pea greens
- 1 teaspoon Olive oil
- 2 tablespoons (or so) peeled salted cheese (like robusto, gouda or Parmesan)
- 6–8 basil leaves
Instructions
- Heat up a skillet over medium heat. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter and swirl to coat the pan. Add the asparagus and let cook for 2 minutes. Using tongs to mix around and then let cook for another 2 minutes. Continue this for 6 minutes.
- Meanwhile, place the sweet pea greens on a serving plate. Drizzle with olive oil and a pinch of salt.
- Remove the asparagus and place on top of the greens.
- Add the pan back to the heat. Add in the remaining 2 tablespoons butter, bread crumbs and chopped walnuts. Toss to coat and cook for 1 minutes or until the bread crumbs are toasted brown. Add in the lemon zest and a small pinch of salt.
- Spoon the bread crumb and walnut mixture on top of the asparagus. Sprinkle the cheese and basil leaves on top. Serve.
Notes
Pro Tip – Add 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice to the olive oil and salt on top of the sweet peas. So good and fresh.
- Prep Time: 5
- Cook Time: 8
- Category: vegetarian
- Method: stove top
- Cuisine: salad
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