How to cook green asparagus baked in the oven with garlic and parmesan 🍋

Kitchen appliances and utensils:oven, kitchen scale, baking dish or baking sheet, garlic, grater, cutting board, knife, silicone brush, tablespoon, paper towels, hot pot holders.

Ingredients

Step cooking

1. For consumption, choose ripe asparagus, it is always elastic with a bright green color. First, rinse the bunch of asparagus thoroughly under cold running water and dry it with paper towels. Then break off or cut the rough lower ends of the asparagus to about 5 cm. But do not rush to throw out the stems, they can come in handy for a delicious vegetable broth.
   
2. Peel 2 cloves of garlic and peel them through the garlic, or chop them with a knife. Lubricate a baking dish or baking sheet with approximately 1.5 tbsp. l olive oil with a silicone brush. Put asparagus in a single layer in a greased form. Sprinkle the asparagus evenly with chopped garlic, then sprinkle with salt and black pepper to taste. Optionally, you can additionally use your favorite spices and herbs, which emphasize the refined taste of asparagus.
   
3. Pour asparagus abundantly and evenly over about 4 tbsp. l olive oil. Preheat the oven to 215 ºС and send the asparagus to bake for about 9 minutes. Cooking time depends on how you like the cooked asparagus - very soft or crispy, as well as the thickness of the pods. The preparedness of the asparagus can be checked with a wooden toothpick.
   
4. Meanwhile, grate approximately 100 g of parmesan on a fine grater. When ready, remove the asparagus pan from the oven using oven mitts. Sprinkle evenly prepared dish with grated cheese, it will melt appetizing on hot asparagus and make it even more aromatic.
   

Serve the dish with slices of lemon in the form of heat. At the same time, before use, you need to sprinkle asparagus with lemon juice, this will give the dish a special taste. Baked asparagus is ideal as a side dish for any meat and fish dishes, and is also a completely independent dish for snacks. Different sauces to your taste, cooked at home or purchased in a ready-made form, will be quite appropriate.

Video recipe

How to prepare asparagus and bake it deliciously in the oven, you can watch the video in detail.

If you don’t know what to cook as an original, tasty, and most importantly, useful side dish, feel free to take this quick and easy recipe for baked asparagus for yourself. This dish is also great for a nutritious snack. The asparagus cooked in the oven has an unusual and rather unobtrusive taste, so you will definitely like it.