Baked Asparagus With Toasted Walnuts
Total Time: 45 mins
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 10
- 2 1/2 lbs asparagus
- salt
- fresh ground pepper
- 1 tablespoon butter, cut in small pieces
- 3 tablespoons walnut oil or 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
- salt, to taste
- fresh ground black pepper, to taste
- 4 tablespoons finely chopped walnuts, toasted
Recipe
- 1 to cook asparagus: preheat oven to 300°f.
- 2 break off woody stems of asparagus.
- 3 if stalks are thick, peel with a vegetable peeler, pulling from stem end toward tip.
- 4 (pencil-thin spears do no need peeling.) place in a greased or sprayed 9x13 inch glass baking dish.
- 5 sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper.
- 6 dot with margarine.
- 7 cover with foil and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until tender but still crisp.
- 8 (asparagus may be baked 1 day ahead and reheated in microwave.) to make topping: in a small bowl, whisk together oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
- 9 (topping may be refrigerated overnight. bring to room temperature before using.)
- 10 before serving: spoon topping over asparagus and sprinkle with walnuts.
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