An easy and appetizing recipe with a seasonal vegetable for a very tasty side dish: asparagus with speck.

Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) have excellent nutritional properties such as a high content of fiber and minerals and significantly stimulate renal filtration.
For this reason, and because of their high purine concentration, they should be avoided by people suffering from gout or hyperuricemia.
Asparagus must be cleaned before eating and it is advisable to remove the toughest parts of the stalk with a vegetable peeler.
Do not cut them — bend them with your fingers and they will naturally break at the right point separating the tough stem from the more tender top.

For a simple recipe, boil the asparagus using an asparagus cooker or a tall pot so they can stand with the tips out of the cooking water. This allows them to cook gently by steaming.
Asparagus cook in just a few minutes — I’d say 10 minutes from the start of boiling and are ready for many tasty preparations.

Don’t throw away the discarded stem parts of the asparagus: boil them and blend them with a little cooking water and extra virgin olive oil — they’ll be excellent as a filling for a crisp crostini to serve as a finger food before the meal! Now let’s prepare the asparagus with speck..

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ASPARAGUS WITH SPECK
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