How to prepare white asparagus (Slideshow version)

How to prepare white asparagus : Photo of step #26

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Drain the asparagus, and it's ready for your recipe, or to be eaten as is, with a mayonnaise or hollandaise sauce, for example.

Remarks

Preparing green asparagus is a little different, see how here.

For short-cooking, you can replace the water with stock, or a mixture of stock or water + white wine.

Many recipes recommend cooking asparagus "in bunches", but I don't find this very effective: asparagus in bunches cooks less well than on its own.

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