Italian Food Recipes

Asparagus are the sprouts of an herbaceous plant. They are different type of asparagus, the most famous are the green asparagus and the white asparagus, and then there is also the pink asparagus. They are typical in March, May and July in particular in the Mediterranean regions. You can prepare many recipes with asparagus such as Rice with asparagus, baked asparagus with butter, asparagus pie and many others.
Now I describe the simple and fast recipe of asparagus with egg. It’s delicious!

INGREDIENTS (for 4 people):
1Kg of Asparagus
4 Eggs
4 Tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
Salt
PREPARATION TIME: 10 minutes

COOKING TIME: 40 minutes

WINE: Alcamo Doc (White Wine)

PREPARATION
Clean the asparagus and cut the woody ends of the stalks if necessary.

Put them vertically in a pan with salted water and let them boil and cook for about 30 minutes.


In the meantime prepare the eggs. This way to cook eggs, it is said "uovo all'occhio di bue in Italy". Preheat the extra virgin olive oil in a large pan and break the eggs. Let them cook for about 5 minutes or until the egg white becomes white, like in the picture presented below. Sprinkle with salt.


When they are ready drain them and place over a platter. Place over them the egg and serve hot. This is the result:

BUON APPETITO!