Easy Roasted Asparagus Recipe – Oma's Gerösteter Spargel

by: Gerhild Fulson  /  Cookbook Author, Blogger, German Oma!

This easy asparagus recipe, aka Spargel, is a great company dish that will find its way to your everyday menu as well. Quick to prepare, its delicious flavor is a great addition to any meal.

You can make this with just asparagus, or try any combination of vegetables. Below, I just made asparagus by itself and served it with pork roast slices and egg noodles. Of course, it's all served with a delicious pork gravy.

Combining the asparagus with carrots is the idea from my son, Rich, whose easy recipes have inspired me as well. Actually, it was after Rich shared his roasted asparagus recipe with me, I started roasting all sorts of vegetables.

This was certainly not a German tradition that I learned from my Mutti. And ... it has definitely become a favorite method for me.

I started roasting all sorts of vegetables. At first, it was just potatoes. Then I started adding other veggies with the potatoes such carrots, peppers, tomatoes, and zucchini.

Then I just started roasting all sorts of veggies without the potatoes to become wonderful side dishes for meals.

We love broccoli, onions, peppers with mushrooms. Or, add even more variety as shown below.

Roasting is also a great way to improve the flavor of veggies that aren't quite 'fresh'. Meaning, these cherry tomatoes had lost a bit of their 'freshness', look just a tad wilted. 

Roasting helps to evaporate the water from the veggies, concentrating the flavor. So ... these cherry tomatoes were re-vived to make a wonderful side dish! Take a look at how easy it is to make this amazing tomato dish.

It's not just veggies you can roast. Add a chicken or two as I've done below, and you've got dinner done, the easy way.

You'll find this roast chicken recipe for this along with step-by-step instructions and quick dinner to prepare when you've had a busy day and don't want to fuss too much.

You can do the same with chicken pieces, sausages, pork chops, and so much more. You just need to match the timing for the roast meat with the timing of the veggies. You may want to start one before the other, so everything finishes together. 

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Asparagus Season in Germany

Late spring is asparagus season in Germany. Many restaurants even have a special "Spargel" menu that only has asparagus dishes on it.

Most asparagus sold in Germany is the white variety. It needs to be peeled and is cooked longer than the green variety that's sold in Canada and the US.

If you want to roast the white asparagus, be careful that you don't let it brown. It'll turn bitter. The green asparagus, on the other hand, tastes absolutely delicious when browned!

However, although white asparagus is the most common in Germany, but purple and green asparagus is also available. Above is the photo I took as we were in Walsrode, in Lower Saxony.

Roasting Vegetables

Learning how to roast asparagus and other vegetables heightens the flavor as the water is evaporated away. Daily eating vegetables that are especially tasty is such an easy way to include vitamins, minerals, and fiber into the diet.

This baked asparagus recipe is just one way to do so.

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Oma's Easy Roasted Asparagus Recipe

This easy asparagus recipe, aka Spargel, is a great company dish that will find its way to your everyday menu as well. Quick to prepare, its delicious flavor is a great addition to any meal.

You can make this with just asparagus or try any combination of vegetables. 

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings:

Makes 4 - 6 servings

Ingredients:

• 2 pounds fresh asparagus
• ¼ to ½ cup seasoned breadcrumbs
• ¼ to ½ cup olive oil
• ¼ cup ground Parmesan cheese
• pepper, freshly ground

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Pour about ¼ cup olive oil onto a cookie sheet with a rim.
3. Wash asparagus thoroughly and lay on towel to dry. Snap off bottom end, (peel stem if desired), and lay onto cookie sheet.
4. Drizzle olive oil over all, gently turning asparagus so that they are all coated with oil.
5. Sprinkle with breadcrumbs and then Parmesan cheese.
6. Season with freshly ground pepper.
7. Bake for about 12 to 15 minutes, until done to your liking.

Notes/Hints:

• This tastes really good with some carrot spears roasted alongside the asparagus

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Easy Asparagus Recipe made Just like Oma

By Oma Gerhild Fulson

This easy asparagus recipe is a great company dish. Quick to prepare, it's delicate flavor is a great addition to any meal.

Ingredients: asparagus, olive oil, breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese, pepper,

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