Asparagus Recipes I’m Planning to Make ASAP

Spring recipe ideas from River Cafe, Kismet, Ottolenghi...

Friends, we are emerging from the cabbage months, and I could not be more excited. My cooking is so ready for everything fresh and green: the ramp leaves, the stalks of green garlic, but especially asparagus.

An asparagus feast can be so simple. Grab a few bunches wherever they are freshest. If you can’t find local ones yet, this re-sweetening trick feels totally weird, but it works.

Rub the stalks with olive oil and some mustard (like the Dijon Original from today’s sponsor, Maille.) You can absolutely roast them, but it’s worth going outside to the grill if you have one. Maybe you cook some fish with it, or chicken, or sausages. But those green stalks could be enough with a mountain of good bread (grill it, too) and some ricotta.

Here are all the other asparagus recipes on my list for cooking in April and beyond:

Paige Grandjean’s Asparagus Caesar with Pecorino (Food + Wine)
River Cafe’s Asparagus With Anchovy Butter
Yossy Arefi’s Miso-Honey Chicken and Asparagus (NYT Cooking, gift link)
Hailee Catalano’s Asparagus with Hollandaise and Horseradish
Molly Yeh’s Hammy Breakfast Hotdish (The Kitchn)
Emma Laperruque’s Asparagus Latkes (Food52)
Canal House Shaved Asparagus and Arugula Salad (Food52)
Kismet’s Springtime Chicken Skewers With Asparagus-Fennel Salad (Splendid Table)
Fatima Khawaja’s Asparagus Pakoras (Saveur)
Jesse Szewczyk’s Asparagus and Endive Salad With Comté Cream (Bon Appétit)
Pickled Asparagus Tonnato (Delicious Magazine)
Yotam Ottolenghi’s Crispy Coconut, Asparagus, and Green Bean Salad (NYT Cooking, gift link)
Meera Sodha’s Asparagus and Cashew Thoran (The Guardian)
Rose Carrarini’s Asparagus in Breadcrumbs (excerpted in The New Family Table)
Maya Kaimal’s Roasted Asparagus With Tamarind And Crispy Shallots (Splendid Table)
Ali Slagle’s Lemony Orzo With Asparagus and Garlic Bread Crumbs (NYT Cooking, gift link)
Namiko Chen’s Creamy Miso Pasta with Tofu and Asparagus (Just One Cookbook)
Joshua McFadden’s Raw Asparagus Salad with Walnuts and Breadcrumbs (excerpted on Local Haven)
Hanna Geller’s Asparagus With Lemon Caper Salsa (Building Feasts)
Yotam Ottolenghi’s Lemon Sole with Spring Vegetable Agrodolce (The Guardian)
Kenji López-Alt’s Sichuan-Style Asparagus and Tofu Salad (Serious Eats)

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