Christmas

Roasted Pencil-Thin Asparagus

November 29, 2011
5
1 Ratings
  • Serves 4-6
Author Notes

It's not that I'm against portly asparagus. It has its place in hearty soups and stews. But pencil-thin asparagus is so delicate and beautiful with a flavor to match, that I can't help but grab a bunch when they are in season. —Tammy @speckleofdirt

What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • 1 bunch pencil thin asparagus
  • 2 dashes sea salt
  • 1 dash pepper
  • 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons hazlenut oil (or evoo or sesame)
Directions
  1. Wash, trim off 1", and peel asparagus stem to reveal a beautiful green interior. This is tedious, but will look so lovely. Put on a baking sheet, add salt, pepper and oil. Mix it up with your hands.
  2. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 7 minutes. When they are done, sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Serve immediately.
  3. Variation 1: For an elegant presentation, you could wrap the asparagus in green onion that has been dipped in hot water to make it pliable. Create a bunch for each guest. Just make sure to turn them over half way through cooking.
  4. Variation 2: If you have any asparagus left over, chop them up for a simple and elegant salad of greens, tomato, red onion, goat cheese and homemade vinaigrette.

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1 Review

Wendi June 18, 2019
I was looking for the timing and temp for skinny asparagus so thanks for this great simple recipe! And now I know how to do that scallion wrap thing! Thanks for that. It was hot tonight, so I ended up doing individual portions in a fairly dry iron skillet and just sprinkled the EVOO on before cooking.