ASPARAGUS SALAD

Asparagus salad is the ideal recipe for preparing a fresh spring side dish, a light dish that can also be made for a quick lunch: you can also take this tasty and fresh salad to the beach, to the office or prepare it for a trip out of town. In our recipe we lightly seared the asparagus in water, drained, left to cool and then combined with cherry tomatoes, lettuce, chives, mozzarella and olives, you can then accompany it with crunchy croutons, so you can enjoy it as a delicious single dish. The cold asparagus salad can be enriched with the ingredients of your choice to make it even richer and tastier.

INGREDIENTS:

1 Bunch asparagus.
100 g. Cherry tomatoes.
250 g. Mozzarella cheese.
1 Heart green salad.
Chives to taste.
50 g. Black olives.
Extra virgin olive oil to taste.
Salt to taste.

PREPARATION:

Wash the asparagus under running water, cut the base with a knife ①, and gently peel the toughest part of the stem with a potato peeler. Now blanch them for about ten minutes in a little boiling water, or steam them: the consistency should be crunchy but, if you prefer them softer, let them cook for a few more minutes, checking the cooking. Once cooked, drain and let them cool. Meanwhile, cut the mozzarella into slices ②.

and then into cubes: place them in a colander, so they will lose the excess water. Also cut the tomato and the lettuce into slices, chop the chives and pit the black olives. Put all the ingredients in a salad bowl and add oil and salt, mix and serve. Your asparagus salad is ready to serve ③.

ADVICE

If you prefer crunchier asparagus, the advice is to steam them: in this way they will keep the nutritional values ​​almost unchanged.

If you want to serve your asparagus salad as a single dish, add some croutons, distributing them over the salad, and double the doses of the ingredients.

You can replace the mozzarella with spreadable cheese or parmesan flakes. You can also prepare an asparagus and egg salad, enriched with boiled eggs, or add tuna to make a complete and very tasty dish. You can then add corn or mushrooms, so as to customize it according to your tastes or the ingredients you have at home. Those who prefer can add balsamic vinegar to the salt and oil dressing, which goes perfectly with the asparagus