Vegetables

Small asparagus flan, Chablisien beurre blanc sauce

    Recipe by Michel Moret.

Ingredients for 6
- 24 very fresh asparagus
- 1 lettuce
- 50 cl fresh cream
- 5 whole eggs
- ½ lemon
- 1 bunch chives
- Salt, pepper

  Preparation:
1 - Peel the asparagus, cut off the bottoms and tie them into small      bunches. Cook them in boiling salted water for 15 to 20 minutes and      leave them to cool immediately.
2 - Cut off the tips and set aside.
3 - In a large bowl, blend the sliced asparagus, add the lemon juice,      chopped chives, eggs, fresh cream, salt and pepper and blend      again.
4 - Butter 6 ramequins, coat them with a lettuce leaf, fill them up ¾ with      the flan mixture, place them in a hot bain marie in the oven and cook      at average heat for 25 to 30 minutes

Presentation:
Turn out the flans into warm plates. Decorate with the asparagus tips in a fan-like arrangement, drizzle with Chablisien beurre blanc sauce and sprinkle with chives. Serve the rest of the beurre blanc in a sauce boat. .


A Chablisien beurre blanc sauce
Chablisien simply because I replace vinegar with Chablis.
1 - In 3 dl of very dry Chablis, reduce 100 g very finely chopped      shallots.
2 - When 10 cl of liquid remains, add 250 g of softened butter and, in the      bain marie, energetically whip until you obtain a warm, rich butter      sauce, ready to pour.
3 - Do not sieve this sauce, but add a pinch of chopped chives before      serving and a spoonful of ground or finely chopped walnuts.
     Serve immediately.

Serving suggestions:
Petit Chablis


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