Roasted green asparagus with lemon and parmesan

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 4 people, you will need:

• 1 800 g green asparagus spears
• 2 5 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 1 lemon
• 4 1 teaspoon herbes de Provence
• 5 50 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano)
• 6 Salt
• 7 Pepper
• Total weight: 1,060 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
30 min.	15 min.	45 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Prepare 800 g green asparagus spears.
2	Plunge them into a large pot of boiling salted water for 3 minutes. Preheat oven to 200°C (390°F).
3	Drain and cool under running water.
4	Dry them on a tea towel.
5	Then cut into small pieces and pour into a small bowl.
6	Add 5 tablespoons olive oil, the juice of 1 lemon and 1 teaspoon herbes de Provence, salt and pepper, and mix well.
7	Place a sheet of baking paper on a baking sheet, and spread the asparagus over it, ideally without overlapping. Bake for 5 minutes at 200°C (390°F).
8	Meanwhile, grate 50 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano).
9	After 5 minutes, remove the baking tray from the oven...
10	...and sprinkle generously with grated Parmesan.
11	Return to the oven for a further 3 to 5 minutes, until the Parmesan melts and colours slightly.
12	Enjoy immediately, simply on their own, or as an accompaniment to meat or fish, or with rice.

Remarks

You can replace the herbes de Provence with fresh thyme if you have any.
If you like the tang of lemon zest, add it to the juice in step 6.

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