Cheesy Baked Asparagus

pulling cheesy asparagus off tray with spatula

5 from 6 votes

Cheesy Baked Asparagus is the perfect no-fuss side dish. With just 4 ingredients and 15mins to make, you'll be serving this Asparagus with just about everything!

Prep Time3

Cook Time12

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Western

Servings:

Author: Chris Collins

Cost: £1.50 / $2

Equipment

20" x 10" Baking Tray
Cheese Grater
Spatula

Ingredients

10.5oz / 300g Asparagus (see notes)
3/4 cup / 75g Mozzarella, shredded
1/4 cup / 20g Parmesan, finely grated
2 cloves of Garlic, minced/finely diced
1 tbsp Olive Oil
1/4 tsp Salt
1/8 tsp Black Pepper

Instructions

Trim the woody parts of your asparagus and toss will 1 tbsp olive oil, 2 minced garlic cloves, 1/4 tsp salt and 1/8 tsp black pepper. Lay out flat on a baking tray.
Pop in the oven at 390f/200c for 8-10mins, or until just starting to wrinkle and soften.
Take out the oven, sprinkle over 3/4cup/75g mozzarella then top with 1/4cup/20g parmesan.
Pop under the grill and broil until the cheese turn golden and bubbly, with the asparagus fork tender. Serve up right away!

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Notes

a) Trimmed Asparagus - The classic way to decide how much asparagus to trim is to hold it at each end and push until it snaps. However, I find this removes more than necessary. Just line up the asparagus and trim if it's visibly white/woody.

b) Asparagus Size - Try and find medium sized asparagus (not the ultra thick and short asparagus or 'fine asparagus'). Either of those are okay, just increase/decrease the baking time accordingly. I personally like my asparagus with a bit of a 'bite' to it, but if you prefer softer asparagus then bake a little longer.

c) Garlic - The garlic compliments this recipe beautifully. However, if you're not too keen on garlic reduce to one clove.

d) Salt - I'd stick with the 1/4 tsp to begin with as parmesan can be quite salty. If you feel like it needs more at the end then adjust accordingly.

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