🇪🇸 Spanish

Asparagus Guiso

Name: Asparagus Guiso
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 2, halved and sliced Onion; 4 cloves, crushed Garlic; 3 Potato; 2 tbsp Olive Oil; 2 Bay Leaf; 500 ml Stock or Broth; 400 g Asparagus; 200 ml Red Wine; 1 tsp Smoked Paprika

🇪🇸 Spanish

Time does the work here: asparagus melts into a glossy braising liquid after a long, gentle simmer. 60 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 15 min Cook 45 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion2, halved and sliced
Garlic4 cloves, crushed
Potato3
Olive Oil2 tbsp
Bay Leaf2
Stock or Broth500 ml
Asparagus400 g
Red Wine200 ml
Smoked Paprika1 tsp

Optional extras

Fresh Parsleyhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Brown the asparagus deeply in the Olive Oil in a heavy pot — patience here pays off later.
2
Remove it, then let the onion and garlic soften in the drippings with the smoked paprika.
3
Return the asparagus, add the stock and bay leaves, and bring to the gentlest simmer.
4
Cover and braise low and slow until the asparagus yields to a spoon, about 45 minutes.
5
Skim the fat, reduce the sauce to a glaze, and serve with something starchy to catch every drop.

Chef's tip

Skim the fat from the surface before the final reduction for a cleaner sauce.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Guiso de espárrago amarguero - Las rutas de Ambrosio | RTVE Cocina · on YouTube