Asparagus with mustard sauce

Many different sauces accompany asparagus extremely well.  This mustard sauce is up with the best of them.  The sauce is basically a vinaigrette but flavoured with mustard anchovies and capers.

Preparation Time: 15 Mins

Cooking Time: 7 Mins

Total Time: 25 Mins

Ingredients

For 4 servings…

450 gms          Asparagus  

For the sauce

10 cl               Olive oil    

2 tbs               Vinegar  - white wine 

1 tsp               Mustard  - Dijon      

1½                 Anchovies  - chopped finely     

½ tbs             Capers  - chopped finely         

1 tbs               Parsley  - chopped    

  Salt              

Method

Trim the asparagus and cook in boiling water for 7 minutes.  Drain and allow to cool.

To make the sauce…

Put the sauce ingredient into a bowl and beat until amalgamated.

To serve…

Arrange the asparagus on a suitable dish or individual plates and drizzle over the sauce.  Serve.

Wine recommendations

An aromatic white wine.

Conventional

     Muscat d'Alsace

Interesting

     Côtes de Gascogne blanc

     Pinot Blanc

     Riesling

     Sancerre

Adventurous

     Fino Sherry