I made my way through the Union Square greenmarket yesterday with $4 and a desperate craving for spring veggies and luckily for me, the greenmarket was bursting with spinach, radishes, ramps and other enticing edibles... and mmmmmm asparagus!
Avoiding the $8 bunches of asparagus, I found a vendor selling asparagus by the spear, and ever the frugal shopper, I hand-selected my 6 perfect chosen asparagus and handed over my money.
Now, what to do with asparagus you might ask? Well the answer is simple. Roast them!
Preheat the oven to somewhere between 450 and 500 degrees. Wash your asparagus and snap the tough ends off. Arrange on a baking pan and drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper and toss them around a bit to coat. Roast for 10 - 15 minutes... the bottom will get browned and a little charred.
These are good as a side for anything, one of those go-to vegetable recipes where you want something that's guaranteed to be delicious with a prep time of 1 minute.
If you want, you can serve them the way I did today, with 2 poached eggs, shaved parmesan, a drizzle of creme fraiche and lemon juice, a slice of buttered multi-grain toast and some cracked pepper on top. Everything else was prepared while the asparagus were roasting. Couldn't be easier!
Yum.
2 comments:
i'd fly to Hoboken for that!
i'm going to attempt this myself...
I love asparagus. When I was a little kid, it was my favorite veggie, even though I suspect my mom cooked them from a can, so they were mush.
Now, I just steam them tender-crisp and toss them with butter and a pinch of salt.
Hey, girl, this is a butter blog. :-)
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