Mar 23
Charcuterie | Soups, salads, vegetables & potatoes | Traditional Spanish Recipes
Ham Wrapped Asparagus with Romesco sauce
♫ Birds flying high… you know how I feel ♫ Time to cheer up, time for swallows to come back to their last year’s nest, time for diets, time for wild asparagus… time for a new Foodie Royal Joust!!!
This month’s ingredients are: Asparagus, almonds and lemongrass. I got all mixed up with lemongrass and thought it was lemon verbena :(. I’m equally posting the recipe, however, I’m not sending it to the Joust because I didn’t use the requested ingredients! Oh, well, maybe next month I pay more attention ;D.
It’s been some weeks now that I don’t feel much like seating in front of the computer spending hours and hours like I used to. Believe me if I tell you that I think of you all every single day and this makes me feel bad because I don’t take the time to visit your blogs… Today, I want to start a new routine in my life: biking! Blogging and cooking can be an explosive mixture and I have gained some kilos since I first started. So I made up my mind and I want to get rid of those fats around my waist. See who’s going to help here :D
Starting today, I’ll bike for 1-2 hours a couple of days per week. My purpose: loose 5 to 8 kilos… I’m an optimist!!!! ;D
Ham wrapped asparagus and Romesco sauce is not very high on calories, if we take this as the first dish and have some Marinated sardines as a second it becomes a fantastic menu for a light lunch.
Want to know another light menu for dinner? Try these: Russian Salad (I would avoid the egg) and Sweet and Sour Swordfish… delicious!!!!
Please bear with me… I just need to get a bit organized and I will be back with you all :D
Recipe
Ingredients for 4 servings: 12 green asparagus, a bunch of dried lemon verbena, 150 grs of Iberian Acorn Ham, 4 tablespoons of romesco sauce (get the recipe ingredients here), olive oil and salt.
- Get some salty water boiling. Add your clean asparagus and let them boil for only 2 minutes. Get a recipient ready with fresh water, some lemon verbena infused water and ice cubes. When the asparagus are done dive them in the cold water.
- After 5 minutes strain and reserve. Dry them and wrap with the ham.
- Prepare a big frying pan with just a bit of olive oil and fry the wrapped asparagus until they get some colour. Reserve and serve hot.
- Eat together with the Romesco sauce. Dip the asparagus in it :D
- If you cannot find Iberian acorn ham. Use your local ham or even bacon.
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…and it’s a colorful presentation as well! Don’t go too far the bicycle. We wouldn’t want you to lose your way back to us.
Awww querida! That dish looks so delicious that I think it could win on the Joust. Too bad you are not sending it :( Anyway, I am also trying to spend more time away from the computer and out doing some physical activities. I joined a volleyball league and when that is over I am going to get out my bike and roller skates because I am tired of the extra kilos! Being fit rules! :-p
I just wanted to tell you that I discovered your blog today and I fell in love with it! I love your recipes and how you show how to do everything so clearly. And of course I love Spanish food.
I’m planning on introducing you to my readers in my upcoming Friday links post.
Dan
Casual Kitchen
Oh, I know what you mean about the weight gain! I don’t know if it’s the food blogging or the geenral aging. Haha… We call it the “pants conspiracy” — pants seems to talk among themselves and decide to shrink! ;D
Núria, veig que t’hi has posat de valent amb l’operació bikini, eh? ;)
Oh, aquest combinat dels espàrrecs amb el pernil ha de ser rebó!!
Hi Nuria, I attemped to make a dish with these 3 ingredients, tasted very good but pictures not so nice, not sure if i will submit too.
forgot to say anything with Jamon, I love it ! Want a piece of yours :)
Good for you Nuria for getting out there. I know we all sit too much in front of the computer. I try and keep it down to just early mornings for me when everyone else is asleep.
It must be Spring. I feel the same and I am also trying not to spend too many hours on the computer and shall try even more. Biking does a great workout.
Si…yo entiendo Nuria! A mix of activities is good when combined with blogging…looking after your health is also important. I love the simplicity of the asparagus con jamon!
Nuria, I just love your dish! What a shame it won’t be in the joust. It looks so gorgeous! :)
Good luck with your new bike routine. I need to shed some kilos too, and started a new blog about my attempt to get back into shape. You can get to it from my food blog.
Enjoy the beautiful spring weather on your bike rides! :) K
Looks delicious Nuria, I know what you mean about the cooking/blogging combo leading to extra weight. I was trying to convince myself that it was just my winter insulation, but as the weather starts to warm up here that excuse won’t hold up much longer!
Si si…I too adore wrapping pork around aspargus!
Happy trails on the bicyle.
My favorite way to eat asparagus.