Low-Cal Sauce for Asparagus
Posted by Sylvia
I found this in a German magazine offering “healthy and quick meals for every day” – I like the fact that I don’t have to work out the calories because someone else has already done it for me. :)
Light Asparagus Sauce
2 small eggs
1 teaspoon mustard
150g full fat yogurt
1 tablespoon chives
Boil the eggs for 10 minute and then place them under cold water. Peel and separate the egg yolks from the whites.
Mix the egg yolks with the mustard and the yogurt and then process until smooth.
Chop the egg whites and the chives and mix them in with the sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve over asparagus hot or cold.
Recommendation: serve with thin slices of dark smoked ham
Time: 20 minutes
Portions: 2
Per Portion
10g protein
9g fat
144 kcal
Edit:
I “processed” this in a mini-food processor which turned the yoghurt to liquid. Next time I would just use a fork to thoroughly mash the egg into the yoghurt, which is probably what they meant (I’m not used to German recipes so you’ll have to bear with me while I learn the jargon).
I used English mustard as the main German mustard is quite sharp. It could easily have done with more. I don’t think low-fat yoghurt would have been any detriment to the recipe. It was a bit boring so I added some “vegetable seasoning” that I have in with cumin and crushed bay, which helped. This made more than enough for pouring over asparagus – we ended up with left-overs but that might have been because the sauce was so thin.
Paola said,
30 April 2008 at 8:44 pm
Interesting.
Using fat-free yoghurt (and medium-sized eggs), it works out at 138 calories a portion. Hmm.
Sylvia said,
1 May 2008 at 9:54 am
I was surprised that they specified full-fat yogurt! It’s for the family so probably avoiding diet foods for the family. Hmm, so why are the calories so low (although they may have assumed small eggs for the sake of their count?).
Having made it, I’ve added a couple of notes.
Edit: Yes, they actually say small eggs,w hich I’d missed.