Warm roast asparagus salad
Ingredients
| Ingredients | Measure |
| Asparagus | 500g |
| Red Wine Vinegar | 2 tbsp |
| Tomato | 4 |
| Extra Virgin Olive Oil | 1 tbsp |
| Streaky Bacon | 12 |
| Clear Honey | 1 teaspoon |
| Jersey Royal Potatoes | 16 |
| Extra Virgin Olive Oil | 2 tblsp |
| Dijon Mustard | 1 teaspoon |
| Rocket | 100g |
Instruction
- step 1
Preheat the oven to 200C/Gas 6/fan 180C
- Snap off the woody ends of the asparagus and discard
- Arrange the asparagus in a single layer in a baking tray with sides
- Cut the tomatoes in half widthways, nestle them in with the asparagus, season with sea salt and pepper and drizzle with olive oil
- Roll each bacon rasher into a tight roll (if large, first cut in half crosswise), and arrange in the tray
- Drizzle the bacon rolls with the honey and bake for 20 minutes until the tomatoes are soft and the bacon is crisp
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step 2
In the meantime, boil the potatoes until tender
- Whisk the vinegar, olive oil, mustard, some sea salt and pepper in a large bowl until blended
- Toss the rocket or spinach leaves in half of the dressing, and arrange on a large serving platter
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step 3
Drain the potatoes and cut in half
- Gently toss them in the rest of the dressing, and arrange on the platter with the asparagus
- Tuck in the tomatoes and bacon