Serve the poached eggs on top of the blanched asparagus and a generous spoonful of hollandaise. For the hollandaise, place the egg yolks and lemon juice in a tall container and with a hand blender ...

The skin on thick asparagus stalks can be a little tough and hard to chew through if you don’t peel the outer layer. Asparagus and poached eggs is ... A drizzle of hollandaise sauce instead ...

To serve, divide the asparagus spears equally among four serving plates. Top each portion with a poached duck egg and a few slivers of ham. Spoon over the warm hollandaise sauce. Sprinkle ...

Spring onions are the sweetest alliums of the year, and they play well in this salad with first of-the-season asparagus ... hollandaise. Piled onto toasted English muffins with poached eggs ...

sandwiches with this avocado hollandaise and poached eggs ... bacon or ham to make a fresh take on eggs Benedict, or include steamed or roasted asparagus for a seasonal delight.

A simple method for perfect poached egg is to ... Trim the asparagus so that each stem is 10cm/4in long (you can use the trimmings to make a quick soup or add to a pasta sauce).

The flavour and texture of the asparagus when only just cooked ... Serve on hot plates then top with slices of smoked salmon, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce (below). Put egg yolks, vinegar ...