Baked Green Asparagus with Gorgonzola Cheese
Ingredients
4 servings:
1 kg green asparagus
250 g cherry tomatoes
4 spring onions
300 g gorgonzola
1 tbsp butter
0.5 zest of lemon
Salt, freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
Step 1
Wash asparagus, peel lower third of the spears and chop offwoody ends. Place asparagus spears in a perforated cooking container and steam for five minutes at 100°C. Remove from the hob and quench asparagus with cold water.
Step 2
Pre-heat oven to 200°C CircoTherm. Wash and halve tomatoes. Wash spring onions and cut into thin slices. Dice gorgonzola cheese.
Step 3
Place asparagus in the saucepan and sprinkle with a bit of salt.Place tomatoes and spring onion slices on the asparagus and garnish with cheese. Add butter in small portions and season with lemon zest and freshly ground pepper.Bake at shelf position 2 for ten minutes until the cheese melts. Serve immediately.
Goes well with crispy breadsticks.
