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Laitue asperge

Cultivée pour sa tige pâle et épaisse, pas pour ses feuilles, épluchée jusqu’au cœur croquant et frais avant même de toucher un wok.

on its own

0.0sour

1.0sweet

0.0savoury

1.0bitter

0.0umami

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1 of these 9 are wild — theory says yes, nobody has cooked them. why →

9 pairings for Laitue asperge.

classic

Sliced thin and dressed cold, toasted fat is the simplest and most common treatment.

classic

A fast stir-fry with garlic is the hot version of the same idea.

common

Heat and fat against a stem that is otherwise just crunch and faint bitterness.

common

Salt against a mild vegetable that carries almost no savour of its own.

common

A cold salad leans on malt acid the way cucumber salads do further south.

uncommon

Numbing tingle over a crisp mild stem, the standard cold-dish treatment.

uncommon

Stir-fried with shredded pork, the stem stays crisp while the meat carries the savour.

rare

A raw, thinly sliced version dressed cold and green reads closer to a Western salad than a Chinese side.

wild

Aged salt umami on a very mild crisp stem, not traditional but close to celery with cheese.