Ingredients
- 500g good quality ricotta
- 50g Old Winchester cheese – grated on a microplane
- Salt
- Black pepper
- 300g fine semolina
- 50g unsalted butter
- 50g chopped hazelnuts
- 1 bunch large green asparagus
- 100g toasted croutons, crushed
- 2 hardboiled eggs, grated on a cheese grater
- 1 lemon
- 1/2 bunch mint, chiffonade
- ½ bunch parsley
Method
Place ricotta into a sieve and leave to drain for 1 hour.
Transfer to a bowl and mix with cheese, season with salt and pepper.
Liberally sprinkle semolina onto a tray, make 30g balls of ricotta mix and roll in the semolina.
Dredge through more semolina and leave to dry in the fridge for 3 days.
When ready to serve, poach for 2-3 minutes until they float.
Meanwhile, heat butter in a pan until it starts to foam, add hazelnuts followed by the drained dumplings and toast in the butter.
Place dumplings on kitchen roll, transfer hazelnut butter to a bowl
Remove woody stalk and sharp edges then blanch asparagus in salted boiling water for 2-3 minutes until cooked.
Mix together egg, breadcrumbs and chiffonade mint and parsley into the bowl with the hazelnut butter, season with a squeeze of lemon
Place asparagus and dumplings on a plate, spoon over hazelnut mixture
Ingredients
- 500g good quality ricotta
- 50g Old Winchester cheese – grated on a microplane
- Salt
- Black pepper
- 300g fine semolina
- 50g unsalted butter
- 50g chopped hazelnuts
- 1 bunch large green asparagus
- 100g toasted croutons, crushed
- 2 hardboiled eggs, grated on a cheese grater
- 1 lemon
- 1/2 bunch mint, chiffonade
- ½ bunch parsley
Method
Place ricotta into a sieve and leave to drain for 1 hour.
Transfer to a bowl and mix with cheese, season with salt and pepper.
Liberally sprinkle semolina onto a tray, make 30g balls of ricotta mix and roll in the semolina.
Dredge through more semolina and leave to dry in the fridge for 3 days.
When ready to serve, poach for 2-3 minutes until they float.
Meanwhile, heat butter in a pan until it starts to foam, add hazelnuts followed by the drained dumplings and toast in the butter.
Place dumplings on kitchen roll, transfer hazelnut butter to a bowl
Remove woody stalk and sharp edges then blanch asparagus in salted boiling water for 2-3 minutes until cooked.
Mix together egg, breadcrumbs and chiffonade mint and parsley into the bowl with the hazelnut butter, season with a squeeze of lemon
Place asparagus and dumplings on a plate, spoon over hazelnut mixture