Oven roasted asparagus with herb vinaigrette

Oven roasted asparagus with herb vinaigrette

Ingredients

• 1 lemon, thinly sliced

• 1 blood orange, thinly sliced

• 1 bunch of asparagus

• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

• ¼ teaspoon coarse sea salt

• ¼ teaspoon freshly ground pepper

• Preheat your oven to 400º and line a baking sheet with parchment paper

Best way to clean asparagus:

Direction

1. Snap off the tough ends of the asparagus.

2. Wash asparagus gently swishing in a bowl of running water.

3. Then, soak in salt water or apple cider vinegar water for 3 minutes and rinse again thoroughly.

Instruction

1. Preheat the oven at 400º.

2. Cook asparagus in boiling water for 1 minute and rinse in cold running water.

3. Lay lemon and orange slices on the lined sheet, top with asparagus laid out in a single row.

4. Drizzle with olive oil, kosher salt, and pepper.

5. roast at 400º for 8 minutes. If your asparagus are very thin, start checking at 6 minutes.

6. Asparagus are done when they have a slight bend to them when you lift them by the bottom and are cooked all the way through.