Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Asparagus with Lime and Mint Recipe

Ingredients
1 lb. of asparagus, trimmed
1 1/2 tablespoons of olive, sunflower, or grapeseed oil
Kosher salt
Fresh ground pepper
1-2 fresh limes (yielding a total of 1 1/2 Tablespoons of juice)
1 teaspoon of fresh mint, chopped or cut in a chiffonade*
*To chiffonade mint, stack a few leaves, roll leaves up like a cigar, starting at one end, make your way down the roll, making thin slices.

Method
1 Heat the oil in a wide sauté or frying pan on medium-high. When the oil is hot, add the asparagus and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste, cooking for about 5 minutes until fragrant.
2 Put on a plate and squeeze lime juice over the asparagus and sprinkle on the mint.

Serves 4.

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