Sautéed asparagus, toasted almonds & manchego cheese

Name: Sautéed asparagus, toasted almonds & manchego cheese
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 36 asparagus spears; 140 grams unsalted butter; 100 grams whole blanched almonds; 1 juice lemon; 50 grams best-quality manchego cheese (or vegetarian hard cheese)

Sautéed asparagus, toasted almonds & manchego cheese takes around 35 minutes from beginning to end. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains about 8g of protein, 31g of fat, and a total of 322 calories. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have asparagus spears, juice of lemon, best-quality manchego cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and primal diet.

Instructions

Bring a pan of salted water to the boil and plunge in the asparagus. Cook for 2-3 mins, drain, then leave them to sit somewhere warm.

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Asparagus

Water

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Frying Pan

Next, put the butter into a cold pan with the almonds. Carefully heat it up, watching that the butter doesnt get too dark. When it just turns golden brown and is beginning to foam, remove from the heat and pour in the lemon juice to stop the cooking.

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Lemon Juice

Almonds

Butter

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Frying Pan

Arrange the asparagus onto 6 serving plates and spoon over some of the brown butter and almonds. Shave the cheese with a peeler, scatter over and serve.

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Asparagus

Almonds

Butter

Cheese