Roasted asparagus with balsamic vinegar and cheese

Another easy recipe that goes well as a side dish.

Roasted asparagus with balsamic vinegar and cheese (Serves 3)

Roasted asparagus with balsamic vinegar and cheese

Ingredients:

250g asparagus

Extra virgin olive oil

Sea salt

Black pepper

Aged balsamic vinegar

Cheese

Instructions:

1) Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Arrange the asparagus on a baking tray, preferably in one single layer.

2) Drizzle some olive oil over the asparagus, then add sea salt and black pepper.

3) Put the tray into the oven. If your tray is not big enough for all the asparagus to be arranged in one single layer, stir and turn the asparagus occasionally.

4) After around 20 minutes (or when the asparagus starts to turn a bit brown), take it out.

5) Drizzle the aged balsamic vinegar over the asparagus, then add shaven cheese on it. 

Note: The recipe specified Parmesan cheese, but I used Gruyere cheese and it still tasted fabulous. Just make sure that the cheese is freshly shaven from a slab of hard cheese, rather than cheese than comes in grated form from the packet. Alternatively, you can sprinkle grated cheese before baking. The melted cheese should go quite well with the asparagus too.