Roasted Asparagus with Whipped Goat Cheese
Roasted asparagus with whipped goat cheese is a perfect side dish or snack! It's a satisfying way to welcome the first harvest of the year!
Servings: 0
Ingredients
- 10 oz goat cheese, room temperature
- 1 lemon
- 1 garlic clove, halved
- fine sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 bunch asparagus
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Add the softened goat cheese to a small food processor.
- Since there isn't a recipe for this, per se, rather a method - start with a teaspoon of lemon juice and just half of a garlic clove. Add both to the goat cheese and pulse in the food processor until the garlic is well minced. Taste and adjust to desired liking by adding more lemon and/or the remaining half of the garlic clove, if desired. Season with salt and pepper, whip, and taste again.
- To prepare the asparagus, remove about ¼ in. off the bottom of your asparagus. There's a trick to gently bend the asparagus at the bottom, it will naturally break at the fibrous point where it should be trimmed. Set the stems aside to use for something else.
- Massage the asparagus in olive oil and season with salt to taste. Place the asparagus in a single layer on a large baking sheet.
- Broil on high for 8-10 minutes, or until the tips are golden and crispy.
- On a large serving plate, add a generous swipe of whipped goat cheese. Drizzle extra virgin olive oil on top for good measure. Arrange the asparagus on top and serve with extra lemon wedges at the table.
Notes
Serving asparagus on top of a bed of whipped goat cheese allows for scooping-up some of the cheese when serving. Feel free to serve alongside the asparagus - or not at all - and used in a variety of other ways: Consider swiping the whipped goat cheese under crisp chicken, or as a dip alongside rustic bread.