Warm roast asparagus salad
An Australian dinner made with pork. Ready in about 45 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 25 minPrep (about)
- 20 minCook (about)
- 45 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 15 bacon Shopping tip: Regular US bacon (UK: streaky bacon).
Fresh & other
- 1.4 lb asparagus
- 5 tomatoes Shopping tip: Fresh, ripe tomatoes (Roma or vine).
- 1 ¼ tsp clear honey Shopping tip: Regular runny honey.
- 20 jersey royal potatoes
- 4 oz arugula Shopping tip: Arugula (UK: rocket).
Sauces & oils
- 2 ½ tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 ½ tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 ½ tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 ¼ tsp dijon mustard
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Turn the oven on to 400°F (350°F for a fan oven).
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Snap off your woody ends of the asparagus and discard.
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Arrange your asparagus in single layer in a baking tray using sides.
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Cut your tomatoes in half widthways, nestle them in using the asparagus.
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Season using sea salt plus pepper and drizzle with olive oil.
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Roll every bacon rasher into a tight roll, and arrange in the tray.
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Drizzle the bacon rolls with the honey.
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Cook in the oven for 20 min till the tomatoes are tender and the bacon is crisp.
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Boil the potatoes until soft in the meantime.
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Whisk the pepper, some sea salt, mustard, olive oil and vinegar in a large bowl until blended.
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Toss your rocket or spinach leaves in half of your dressing, and arrange on a big serving platter.
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Drain the potatoes.
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Cut in half.
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Toss them in the rest of your dressing, plus arrange on the platter with the asparagus.
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Tuck in the tomatoes and bacon.
On the side: Bread roll
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (5 min)
- Warm the rolls in the oven for a few minutes.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.