Crisp asparagus rolls with cheese and xo sauce

Name: Crisp asparagus rolls with cheese and xo sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Makes 16 pieces
Cuisine: Asia
Ingredients: 6 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese; 2 to 3 sheets filo pastry (20 x 11 in/50 x 28 cm each), for wrapping; ½ cup (1 stick/125 g) butter, melted; 4 teaspoons XO sauce; ¼ cup (60 ml) olive oil; 6 cups (1.5 liters) water mixed with 1 tablespoon of salt; 16 fresh large asparagus spears (about 1 lb/500 g); Ice water

Preparation info

Makes
16
pieces

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Asian Tapas

By Christophe Megel and Anton Kilayko

Published 2010

About

Perfect pass-around finger fare, these asparagus rolls rely on spicy XO sauce for their punchy tang and filo pastry for their crispness. Instead of the expected baking, here the filo is cooked by careful pan-frying in olive oil.

Ingredients

16 fresh large asparagus spears (about 1 lb/500 g)
6 cups (1.5 liters) water mixed with

Asia
Fish course
Starter
Pescatarian
Spicy

Method

Cut off the bottom one-third of the asparagus spears and discard. Bring the salted water to a boil in a saucepan and blanch the asparagus spears for 3 minutes, then drain and quickly plunge into the ice water to cool.
Cut the filo pastry into long