Photos of Warm Asparagus, Strawberry and Grape Salad with Tarragon and Red Wine Reduction by Mario
Following our recent recipe, we’re continuing our ‘Asparagus session’. But before we jump straight into the recipe, let’s have a few words about the ingredients…
Apart from Asparagus, we’re going to use strawberries along with a few other ingredients, such as grapes, tarragon, black peppercorns and red wine. Wait, what? Fruits with Asparagus? Yes, you read it right! Asparagus, strawberries and grapes – an unusual combination that will let you enjoy those three distinctive flavours from a very different perspective.
Now, we wouldn’t class this dish as a dessert, it’s more of a sweet treat with a hint of savoury. Plus peppercorns, that give a bit of heat to the dish, and let’s not forget the tarragon – a wonderful, aromatic herb that lifts the whole dish to another level of deliciousness!
Warm Asparagus, Strawberry and Grape Salad
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Total time: 25 minutes
Serves 2
Recipe by Tom
INGREDIENTS
- 200 ml red wine (preferably Chianti)
- 50 g granulated sugar
- 10 asparagus spears, cut in half lengthwise
- 8 strawberries, cut into quarters
- 100 g white grapes, halved
- 2 g black peppercorns, crushed
- 1 g tarragon (about 10 sprigs), leaves taken off the stalks and finely chopped, stalks discarded
INSTRUCTIONS
- Take a pan and stir in the sugar with red wine, bring to the boil and reduce for about 12 minutes into a syrup.
- In the meantime blanch asparagus in boiling water for 2 minutes, then cool in ice cold water.
- Now take a bowl and throw in the asparagus with the rest of the ingredients (strawberries, grapes, crushed peppercorns & tarragon) and gently mix together.
- Pour in the hot red wine syrup, give it another stir, divide the salad into two portions and serve.
NOTES
- You can cook Asparagus for shorter or longer time, depending how crunchy or soft you like it.
- When making red wine syrup, keep an eye on it, it can burn quite easily while reducing.
- If you like a lot of heat in your food, just add more crushed peppercorns.
- If you prefer, you can replace white grapes with red grapes, or add both.
