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May 9, 2022
3 recipes for Asparagus Season
While it’s too early to get asparagus in your garden in zone 4 – it is popping up at the grocery store, making its way here from California. I love asparagus and artichokes and feel like they are the precursors of Spring cooking.
Grocery store asparagus can be thin and delicate with frilled ends or thick fat spears with tightly held tops. Either thickness is suitable for eating as long as they are fresh. If you are going to store asparagus in your refrigerator after coming home from the market, store them spear side up in a glass with two inches in the bottom, and a plastic bag draped loosely over them to preserve them for up to 5-7 days. If the water gets cloudy after a few days, just rinse and repeat.
Preparing Asparagus spears for cooking is very easy. Snap the tough ends off or if you prefer a more even presentation, cut two inches off the ends of the stalks. You can roast your asparagus in the oven, air-fried, grill it, or cut it into pieces and saute. I like to use the tough ends in my stock bag, or if I have enough of them, I will boil them with chicken stock and whiz them up in my Vitamix with some chives and add a splash of cream for fresh Asparagus soup. Garnish with chive oil and or drizzle with plain yogurt thinned with lemon juice. Finish with fresh cracked black pepper and kosher salt.
Here are a few of my favorite asparagus recipes, including an asparagus pesto tart, prosciutto-wrapped asparagus, and asparagus dressed with a sauce Gribiche
Prosciutto-wrapped Asparagus is a perfect way to welcome Spring and is a welcome appetizer at any party Heat the oven to 400°F: Prepare the asparagus by snapping or cutting the dried ends off Wrap each spear of the asparagus with prosciutto and lay side by side on a sheet pan Drizzle the pile of asparagus with 2 tablespoons of olive oil trying to hit each spear Sprinkle with Kosher salt and cracked black pepper Bake them for 8 to 10 minutes until the spears look crispy Asparagus season always means a tasty, easy pesto puff pastry tart
Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus
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Asparagus Pesto Puff Pastry Tart
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Asparagus with Sauce Gribiche
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Asparagus
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