Name: Italian asparagus salad
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: ½ bunch of basil; 7 tbsp olive oil; 8 tbsp balsamico; 1 pinch of sugar, salt, pepper

Ingredients

1 kg asparagus (not too thick) in white or green
250 g mozzarella
350 g cocktail tomatoes

Dressing ingredients

½ bunch of basil
7 tbsp olive oil
8 tbsp balsamico
1 pinch of sugar, salt, pepper

Author of this recipe

wiebke

Salad blogger / food writer

Rating

An Italian asparagus salad is a very good alternative to classic asparagus recipes.

Preparation

Cook asparagus approx. 14 min into salted water with a pinch of sugar. Drain and let it cool down. Cut the asparagus in ca. 5 cm long pieces.
Chop basil and prepare vinaigrette with olive oil, balsamico, sugar, salt, pepper.
Dice mozzarella. Cut tomatoes into quarters.
Arrange mozzarella, tomatoes and asparagus on a plate. Sprinkle with vinaigrette.