Ingredient Overview
Asparagus is eaten as the tender young shoot of a perennial plant. Drying and milling the shoots provides an ingredient with recognisable asparagus vegetable character.
Asparagus powder is made from dried Asparagus officinalis shoots. The young shoots provide the familiar asparagus character used in food. A powder can be explored in soup bases, sauces and mixed-vegetable recipes. Its distinctive flavour is useful when asparagus is intended to be a recognisable part of the finished product, rather than a background vegetable component.