Asperges rôties, sauce aux oranges sanguines

Name: Asperges rôties, sauce aux oranges sanguines (Roasted green asparagus with blood orange sauce)
Yield: For 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: Juice of 2 blood oranges; ½ shallot, very finely chopped; 2-3 tablespoons olive oil; 400-500 g green asparagus; Fleur de sel (sea salt); 100 g lightly salted butter, very cold, cut into cubes, plus extra for frying

Roasted green asparagus with blood orange sauce

Preparation info

For
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Nobody Does it Better

By Trish Deseine

Published 2007

About

Green asparagus is very good roasted. The tips caramelise beautifully and the stalks stay pleasingly moist. Outside the blood orange season, ordinary oranges will be fine.

Ingredients

400-500 g green asparagus
2-3 tablespoons olive oil
½

Europe
France
Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4.

Spread the asparagus in a roasting tin and drizzle with the olive oil. Roast for about 20 minutes