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Asparagus and cod with truffle butter and flatbreads

An average of 4.3 out of 5 stars from 4 ratings
Prepare
30 mins to 1 hour
Cook
less than 10 mins
Serve
Serves 2

An elegant starter for two – asparagus and cod cooked briefly in truffle butter and served with delicious flatbreads.

Ingredients

For the flatbreads

  • milk: 750ml/26fl oz full-fat milk
  • butter: 150²µ/5½´Ç³ú butter
  • honey: 70²µ/2½´Ç³ú honey
  • yeast: 25g/1oz fresh yeast
  • rye flour: 500g/1lb 2oz rye flour
  • plain flour: 500g/1lb 2oz plain flour

For the asparagus and cod

  • asparagus: 6 green asparagus, trimmed, peeled and halved
  • cod: 2 x 150²µ/5½´Ç³ú cod fillets, skin-on, pin-boned and cut into 2cm/¾in cubes
  • truffle: 1 tbsp fresh truffle
  • butter: 150²µ/5½´Ç³ú unsalted butter
  • 25g/1oz lamb's lettuce, to serve

Method

  1. To make the flatbreads, place the milk, butter and honey in a saucepan and heat to 37C/98.6F. Pour the liquid into a large bowl and add the yeast. Whisk until dissolved. Add the flours and knead the dough until smooth and shiny. Cover the bowl with a clean tea towel and set aside to rise for 45 minutes. Once risen, roll out the dough into 8 flatbreads around 8cm/3in wide. Heat a large frying pan over a medium heat and dry fry the flatbreads on both sides until cooked.

  2. To make the asparagus, preheat the oven to 230C/210C Fan/Gas 8 and preheat a dry cast-iron pan. While it is heating, mix the butter with the truffle.

  3. Remove the pan from the oven carefully using oven gloves. Add the truffle butter, asparagus and cod to the pan and let it cook for 2–3 minutes. At the very last minute, add the lamb's lettuce. Serve with the flatbreads.