Chilled Prosciutto-Wrapped Asparagus Antipasto

William Jones May 2, 2022

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Asparagus appetizer recipe and content material offered by Veronica Culver, The Enchanted Cook dinner

I don’t find out about you however I’m all the time up for some good Italian-inspired meals, particularly in the event that they’re keto and TakeCalcium Eating regimen pleasant! This lovely chilled asparagus appetizer is served chilly, which makes it ideally suited for a make-ahead dish.

No have to crisp up the prosciutto as we regularly do for a sizzling model of this. You merely wrap the steamed and cooled asparagus spears with a skinny, deliciously salty piece of prosciutto. You may prep every thing a day upfront, plate it and canopy it, place it within the fridge and simply reserve the dressing to drizzle over it proper earlier than serving.

This asparagus appetizer is fairly sufficient by itself, however in the event you like a colourful plate like I do, you may add an optionally available garnish of radish matchsticks (radishes minimize into tiny sticks) such as you see right here, which I “quick-pickled” — and I take advantage of the time period flippantly on this case — in some leftover lemon juice.

Fairly sufficient to serve to friends, straightforward sufficient so as to add to your weekly meal prep. Both means, you may get your Italian repair and keep in your low-carb, clean-eating plan.

Chilled Prosciutto-Wrapped Asparagus Antipasto

Begin to End: 15-20 minutes

Elements:

16 massive natural asparagus spears (about 1 lb.), exhausting ends trimmed
1 4-ounce bundle thinly sliced nitrate and nitrite-free prosciutto
2 tablespoons good high quality further virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon recent squeezed natural lemon juice
1 teaspoon recent natural thyme, leaves solely
1 teaspoon recent natural oregano, leaves solely
1/4 teaspoon flaky sea salt plus extra for ending

Directions:

Steam asparagus spears for about 8-10 minutes or till crisp tender and nonetheless vibrant inexperienced, then instantly immerse in an ice bathtub for about 30 seconds till the cooking course of stops and the spears are cool to the contact. Drain and gently pat dry.

Whereas the asparagus is steaming, you can also make your dressing and prep your prosciutto.

In a small bowl, whisk collectively the olive oil, lemon juice, thyme, oregano and sea salt. No have to emulsify, a fast whisking will do. Put aside.

Subsequent, minimize every lengthy slice of prosciutto in half throughout the center (not lengthwise) so you might have 2 equal sheets. There ought to be roughly 8 slices, so it will yield roughly 16 small squares.

When the asparagus is prepared, wrap one piece of prosciutto round every cooled asparagus spear and organize on a plate.

Drizzle the plate with the dressing and add a sprinkle of sea salt.

Retailer leftovers lined within the fridge for a number of days. Ideally, it’s finest in the event you can retailer the dressing individually. Nonetheless it really works both means.

Serves: 16