Tuscan Asparagus Salad
Tuscan Asparagus Salad
Supplies:
- 100 gr. pasta penne (dried)
- 200 gr. White asparagus
- 100 gr. green asparagus
- ½ cup mesclun (lettuce mix)
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 200 grams of grilled chicken fillet strips
- 40 gr. Sun dried tomatoes
- Oil
- pepper and salt
4 persons
appetizer/lunch dish
Preparation method:
Peel and cook the white asparagus (in pieces) for a few minutesand add the green asparagus (also in pieces). After a fewlet it rest for a few minutes in its own cooking liquid and shake it off.Let the asparagus cool.Meanwhile, wash and dry the mesclun. Cuts thesun-dried tomatoes fine.Cook the pasta as on the package. Then cold
rinse and the dried basil through the lukewarm / warmmix paste.Heat the oil and brown the chicken fillet in it.
Mix the pasta with the asparagus, sun-dried tomatoes and thechicken fillet strips. Stir carefully. For the garnish
use some more asparagus and sun-dried tomatoes.
- For a more delicate salad, replace the white and green asparagus with tip asparagus (cups).
- Sprinkle the salad with balsamic vinegar to your own taste and sprinkle with salt and pepper.