How to clean asparagus according to tradition, quickly and easily.
He is about to end up invested, his mother saves him Spring, time of asparagus, but how to clean them correctly and quickly? Here is a reliable system for peel the asparagus known and handed down even by our grandmothers.These delicious vegetables are truly delicious, they are a source of vitamins, mineral salts and also have detoxifying and diuretic properties. In the kitchen, asparagus are often used to prepare first and second courses, but also tasty side dishes.
Asparagus, which ones to choose?
To buy them it is good that these are very firm, of a nice bright green and that the tips are still present. Also consider that the bigger the asparagus stem, the more quality it is.
In nature, of course, there are also the spontaneous asparagus and in spring it is easy to find them in the flowery fields.
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How to clean asparagus?
Before being cooked, the cultivated asparagus and also the spontaneous ones must be washed and cleaned. Clean the asparagus it is not difficult, just get a paring knife or a knife with a smooth blade and proceed as follows:
- First of all you will have to cut the base of the asparagus, usually about five / six centimeters are enough.
- Next, it will be necessary to grab the vegetable upside down and position the blade of the knife close to the bark in order to eliminate it and then peel the asparagus in the lower part. This operation is very fundamental as the asparagus bark becomes thinner as it approaches the tip of the same, so initially it must be cut and then removed.
Do not worry, you will see that it will come natural to you to do so, after all it is the same technique with which celery is removed for example.
Once this is done, all you have to do is rinse the asparagus thoroughly and then proceed to prepare the recipe.
Ilaria Zizza