Prepare green asparagus – how it works
Green asparagus is a pleasure even without an elaborate recipe. Just try it like this:
Lightning-fast pleasure recipe for green asparagus
- In contrast to white asparagus, green asparagus only has to be roughly peeled in the lower third. Overall, it is less woody. Also cuts approx. 2 cm from the lower end.
- Then cut the green asparagus spears into pieces.
- Melt some butter in a pan and fry the asparagus pieces over high heat for about 5 minutes. Season with salt and sugar and enjoy.
Prepare green asparagus for recipes
If you want to cook with green asparagus and want to keep the sticks whole, here's how:
- Peel the asparagus roughly in the lower third, remove the woody areas and cut off 2 cm from the end.
- Asparagus with kitchen thread bundle in portions and tie it together.
- Bundles of asparagus in plenty of boiling salted water with a little sugar and about 2 teaspoons of butter for about 8 minutes let it cook.
- Lift the asparagus spears out of the saucepan with a foam trowel.
- Arrange and prepare according to the recipe. For recipe ideas, click through our recipe range for green asparagus.
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Green asparagus – cheap, quick and tasty
The sun makes the difference with the asparagus varieties: while white asparagus grows under the earth's walls and thus maintains its paleness, green asparagus thrives above the earth. The asparagus plants form leaf green from the sun – and give the green asparagus its bright color. But not only that: Green asparagus also contains more vitamin C than white and has a spicy taste. This also makes it ideal as a basis for green asparagus pesto.
Gardeners appreciate the asparagus because they don't have to pile it up (always cover it with soil). The lower effort is also reflected in the prices: green asparagus is usually cheaper than white (the so-called bleached asparagus).
Cooking creatively with green asparagus
Because green asparagus also usually has thinner stalks than white ones, it doesn't get woody so quickly. You only have to peel the stalks in the lower third at most – it is often enough to just cut off the asparagus ends generously. Green asparagus is cooked after just five to seven minutes of cooking; but also tastes raw in a salad or as green asparagus fried in butter or olive oil. Or as sophisticated as in our delicious recipes for green asparagus!
Our recipes for green asparagus show how versatile the vegetables are. Whether as a companion to pasta, processed into an aromatic asparagus pesto, prepared as an asparagus soup or in a salad, fried, stir-fried or even transformed into a delicious ice cream – there seem to be no limits to the green sticks from the asparagus plant. Let yourself be inspired by our recipes and recipe videos.
There are even more asparagus recipes for green asparagus and bleached asparagus here. We also reveal how you can freeze asparagus. And did you actually know that you can eat green asparagus raw?