Like so many other holidays, May Day is one of those that gives me a reason to look things up on wikipedia and snobbishly correct those who have assumed some grand, yet utterly incorrect relig-historical significance with the true insignificance that hides under hallmark marketing. Valentine's Day isn't sweet love, Cinco de Mayo isn't Mexican Independence Day, and St. Patrick's Day — I don't even know where to start with that one.
I just assumed (just like I said I wouldn't do) that May Day was some celebration of the start of Spring.
And I was right!
I choose to celebrate May Day because even though it has nothing to do with anything that I care about, it just gives me yet another excuse to incorporate the celebration of and with food into my daily life. It's May Day! We must do the May dance! Around the Maypole! In my mind, there is a scarily vivid image that looks vaguely like a scene on a Mary Engelbreit recipe box of little girls skipping around a may pole to wrap it with ribbon. In some weird, Sandra Lee/Kwanzaa meets Martha Stewart way, wrapping prosciutto ribbons around asparagus May Poles seems perfect.
Prosciutto-Wrapped Asparagus Recipe
Ingredients
- fresh asparagus washed and trimmed of the woody stems
- enough prosciutto to wrap the asparagus estimate about 1 slice per 2-3 spears
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Wrap 2-3 asparagus spears with a slice of prosciutto. Place on baking sheet with the prosciutto "seam" side down. Repeat with all the asparagus and prosciutto.
- Pop baking sheet into oven for about 15 minutes, or until the asparagus is faintly charred and tender.
@thebookpolice says
How about prosciutto, asparagus, and brown sugar?
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Sarah J. Gim says
Oh.
Yes.
LOVE the idea of sprinkling with brown sugar! We do it with bacon (pig candy?), so why not brown sugar on prosciutto!?
buddiegirl says
I wrapped individual asparagus with prosciutto and grilled them on the barbeque since it was too hot to use the oven. They were great and so easy. I could have made twice as many as they disappeared very quickly.
mojo971 says
Love this recipe, make it as an appetizer a lot. Also love this one for goat-cheese stuffed, prosciutto wrapped dates:
http://www.self.com/fooddiet/recipes/2007/11/dates-with-goat-cheese
A teensy bit more labor intensive to stuff the dates, but they cook in minutes and have been a huge hit every time I've served them.
tallnoe says
Um, now I think I need to make this... Like now.
Maybe this changes what i'll do with my asparagus tomorrow.
AWESOME.
Christy says
I tried asparagus and proscuitto 3 ways...
1. Giada way (roasting and wrapping with "raw" proscuitto)
2. Italian Chef's way (blanching then roasting with proscuitto/parmesan cheese)
3. This way (roasting with proscuitto)
WE LOVED this recipe the best. It was the most simple and allowed the flavors of both the proscuitto and asparagus to come through...crisp, savory and delicious!
Kathie says
I'm going to give this a shot. We get a lot of asparagus growing in our yard in the summer time, so can experiment.
Sathyaraj Rangasamy says
lovely idae
Lillyjancy says
AWESOME!!!
Tim Southam says
Oh.
Yes.
LOVE the idea of sprinkling with brown sugar! We do it with bacon (pig candy?), so why not brown sugar on prosciutto!?
Terri Moxon says
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