Warm roast asparagus salad

Warm roast asparagus salad

Jill Dupleix's simple and impressive salad is the perfect accompaniment to a Spring meal.

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 40 - 50 mins

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200C/Gas 6/fan 180C. Snap off the woody ends of the asparagus and discard. Arrange the asparagus in a single layer in a baking tray with sides. Cut the tomatoes in half widthways, nestle them in with the asparagus, season with sea salt and pepper and drizzle with olive oil. Roll each bacon rasher into a tight roll (if large, first cut in half crosswise), and arrange in the tray. Drizzle the bacon rolls with the honey and bake for 20 minutes until the tomatoes are soft and the bacon is crisp.
  2. In the meantime, boil the potatoes until tender. Whisk the vinegar, olive oil, mustard, some sea salt and pepper in a large bowl until blended. Toss the rocket or spinach leaves in half of the dressing, and arrange on a large serving platter.
  3. Drain the potatoes and cut in half. Gently toss them in the rest of the dressing, and arrange on the platter with the asparagus. Tuck in the tomatoes and bacon.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2002.

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  • 13 November 2007

    lisamary rated this recipe

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  • 17 April 2008

    Julie's grub rated and commented on this recipe

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    a great way to cook asparagus, really tasty. I used sherry vinegar in the dressing which worked well. Next time i would halve the bacon no matter what the size of the rasher

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  • 13 May 2010

    Adam rated and commented on this recipe

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    I loved this recipe! I used a variety pack of cherry tomatoes and roasted half and kept the others raw. Gave it an extra texture dimension. I'l be very sad when asparagus season's over.

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  • 13 June 2010

    mamarazzi rated and commented on this recipe

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    We all loved it. Used Pancetta instead of bacon and no honey. Will do it again next year.

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  • 28 April 2012

    Amchoor commented on this recipe

    Really liked this, so simple and tasty. also browned some chunks of halloumi and added this to the salad which worked well.

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  • 10 May 2012

    Rowena rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Really enjoyed this. I lessened the quantites as there was only 2 of us. I used proscuitto instead of bacon as that was all I had and didnt bother with the potatos. Just used the dressing over the salad instead, though found there was a bit too much vinegar. Will definately make again but will change the dressing

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  • 16 May 2012

    wendyann rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    had this for dinner tonight, I have never had asparagus before it was quite nice but thought it was a bit strong tasting.

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  • 17 July 2012

    OzKaz78 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I make this regularly and it is always a winner. Great on its own, but I often have a piece of fish with this. Super tasty and a great way to get a few different vegetables on your plate.

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  • 07 May 2013

    picklelilley rated and commented on this recipe

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    Have made before and was lovely - this time used turkish garlic sausage in place of bacon as had spare = yum. Also used white wine vinigar as run out of red and dont think it made much difference

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 40 - 50 mins

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