I couldn’t share my latest dressing obsession with you without at least a few ways to use it outside of smothering it all over your leaves. Drizzling the creamy tarragon vinaigrette over some asparagus spears, preferably blistered under the grill (but blanched work just fine too) is an absolute winner of a dish.
Simple to make, beautiful to serve, delicious to eat.
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500g asparagus
1 tbsp olive oil or garlic oil if you have any to hand
a good pinch of Malden salt
tarragon vinaigrette
zest of half a lemon
a forkfull or two of pickled onions
an extra sprinkling of Malden salt to serve
To grill the asparagus:
Either set your oven to grill or pop them on the BBQ if you are already grilling
Trim the asparagus spears by breaking off the ends (see image above)
Place on a rimmed baking sheet making sure they fit in one layer and drizzle with olive oil and a generous pinch of Malden salt. Make sure they are in one layer
Place under the hot grill for 2-3 minutes, before moving them around on the tray and placing them back under the heat for another minute or two until they are blistered but still bright in colour.
Transfer onto a flat serving plate and allow to cool a little before dressing with the vinaigrette, lemon zest, pickled onions (if you have some to hand) and an extra sprinkling of Malden salt.
Note: recipes for both the vinaigrette and the pickled onions are on the blog www.buildingfeasts.com
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I also don’t reserve this vinegrett only for salads. I’ve got some grilled asparagus here. I’m just going to This is the perfect dressing for them. Just dress the plate cuz the color works so beautifully. I would like to add just a little swipe of lemon zest. The other thing that I think would be a great accessory to this is pickled onions. These are what I call a fridge basic. Now, I know this might be confusing some people because you think I’m showing you a vinegrett and now I’m dressing an asparagus plate. But that is life with Hannah. Tagan vinegrett as a complete side dish.