What is the best way to cook and serve asparagus?

Question

All ideas welcome, thanks.

All sounds yum yum but the steamers seem to have it at the moment

Answer 1

steamed and with herb crusted salmon over white rice or wild rice

Answer 2

I like to serve it whole with a lemon butter sauce.

Clean the spears and cut off the tough white part of the stalk. Asparagus absorb sand so hold the individual spears under a stream of warmish water to free the soil in the spear then drain and tied into a bundle with string or those heavy rubber bands.

My husband is French they eat the stalks whole and the immerse them in boiled salted water for a few minutes. You have to tie them in a bundle to do this and lay them on their side. In France there are special pans for asparagus but I just use a big pan and cover the bundle. Take out drain and cut the string or rubber bands and serve on a plate with each quest getting some spears and a dish of butter for dipping.

Butter about half a pound, juice one lemon, salt and pepper for the sauce for about 4 people

You take the spear in your fingers and dip it in the butter. You can place warm water finger bowls at each guests plate with a slice of lemon so they can clean their fingers after the asparagus- very pleasant and fun.

YUM

Answer 3

The most reliable way to cook asparagus is not to let it come
in direct contact with water. I have a microwave steamer
which cost very little and is meant for fish but it is oblong and is
ideal for asparagus spears. You can put a slash of white wine or
water if you must in the base.
It is also very good cooked on a griddle coated in a little olive oil.
It always cooks much faster than you think and should be served
al dente.

Answer 4

if it's canned asparagus; you just warm it up with salt, pepper, and a little butter. Then I always add a cheese sauce over the top. If it's fresh asparagus, you will need to steam it in a very small amount of water, say1/4 cup, salted, then add your seasonings, and your melted cheese on top. The best sauce of course is hollandaise sauce. Most of the time you can pick this up in a package at your local grocery store; in the same ille as other seasonings are found.

Answer 5

Cook asparagus in water until tender, drain and put aside, hard boil two eggs and mash them very fine, next take bread crumbs and in a pan with butter brown the bread crams, mix the bread crams and eggs together, roll the asparagus in the egg and bread crumb mixture, bake in oven at 350 degrees for about 15 min.

Answer 6

Cook asparagus in a steamer and serve with a pat of butter but do not overcook.

Answer 7

Brush with garlic-infused olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Roast flat on a jelly roll pan in your oven for 5-8 minutes (depending on thickness) at about 225 C.

Answer 8

Steam it until crisp-tender, serve on a bed of basmati rice (all spears aligned with tips pointing one way) and drizzle hollandaise over the middle section of the spears. Really nice presentation!

Answer 9

I love boiling asparagus (remember to add a pinch of salt when boiling) then adding butter or parmesan cheese on top.

Answer 10

butter onions mushrooms asparagus seasonened with salt and garlic salt wrapped in foil cook on the grill .

Answer 11

Asparagus wrapped in bacon is a nice little hor'doeuvre