Tuesday, July 16, 2013

New Asparagus Recipe

I love asparagus.  So I don't really need to find new ways to make it.  But every recipe looks so good!  Last week, we drizzled some olive oil, salt and pepper on asparagus and cherry tomatoes and then grilled them - yummmm!
A while back John spent the evening at a friend's house, had supper there, and raved about the meal for days; asparagus wrapped in ham with a light cheesy sauce.  I asked my friend (John's friend's mom) how to make them and she told me but...you know me...I forgot.  So, when I was on Pinterest the other day, I found this delicious looking asparagus, wrapped in ham with cheese sprinkling out from the sides.  I pinned it.  But when I clicked through to the website and recipe, I found this:

około 150 g mrożonego gotowego ciasta francuskiego (najlepsze jeśli jest zrobione na maśle) lub własne z tego uproszczonego przepisu
pęczek (500 g) zielonych szparagów, 12 sztuk
szynka, cienko pokrojona (np. gotowana, suszona parmeńska lub serrano, użyłam szynki paczkowanej gotowanej - prosciutto cotto)
tarty ser (parmezan, grana padano, cheddar, użyłam gruyere)

I didn't even know what language that was!  I copied and pasted it into Google Translate, hit "detect language" and "to English" and viola! I (sorta) had a recipe.  The language was Polish and it wasn't a great translation but it was enough to work from.  The wraps were delicious.  I think I'll include 3 spears of asparagus (instead of 2) next time.  John tried them and agreed they were good but...not as good as the others!  I'll ask again for that original recipe.  Here's how I made these, in English:

Ingredients:
1 pkg. (17.3 oz) puff pastry sheets
24 spears asparagus (36 if you want to put 3 in each)
24 pieces thinly sliced ham (I used Hillshire Farms prepackaged smoked ham)
grated parmesan cheese
egg yolk and 1 tsp milk
extra virgin olive oil
salt and pepper
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Thaw puff pastry according to package.  Rinse asparagus, snap off woody ends and discard.  Place asparagus in a plate and season with olive, salt and pepper.  Toss to coat.
Unfold puff pastry sheet and cut each sheet into six rectangles, place on baking tray. 
Cover with one slice of ham, sprinkle with grated cheese. Repeat.  Place asparagus spears in center of ham slice.
Wrap both pieces of ham around the asparagus.  Then wrap the puff pastry up around the ham/asparagus bundle, pressing together at seam.
Brush tops of bundles with egg yolk and milk mixture.
Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes, until golde brown.
Makes 12 bundles.

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