Sautéed asparagus, toasted almonds & manchego cheese

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Ingredients

36 asparagus spears

140g unsalted butter

100g whole blanched almonds

juice 1 lemon

50g best-quality manchego cheese (or vegetarian hard cheese)

Method

Bring a pan of salted water to the boil and plunge in the asparagus. Cook for 2-3 mins, drain, then leave them to sit somewhere warm.

Next, put the butter into a cold pan with the almonds. Carefully heat it up, watching that the butter doesn’t get too dark. When it just turns golden brown and is beginning to foam, remove from the heat and pour in the lemon juice to stop the cooking.

Arrange the asparagus onto 6 serving plates and spoon over some of the brown butter and almonds. Shave the cheese with a peeler, scatter over and serve.