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Asparagus before: Let's just pretend I wasn't too far into a bottle of rosé to take the "after" pic, ok?
I am writing this inaugural blog post on a rare sunny Sunday morning in London, nursing a colossal hangover courtesy of last night’s dinner with Neil’s brother and sister-in-law, or more specifically, the three bottles of rosé that Eileen and I plowed through (mostly) single-handedly.
I managed to make a starter fairly early into the first bottle of wine. I’ve been wanting to try the recipe for bouchons au thon on the Orangette blog for a while now, but decided to adapt it to take advantage of the painfully short English asparagus season and the awesome (and cheap) greengrocer across the street from our humble abode. Anyway, I used a mild goat’s cheese in place of gruyere (the slightly harder kind that you can grate) and it worked fantastically well. Next time I will try adding a bit of the soft stronger variety to the mix, but these were a hit in their present state.
These looked amazing coming out of the oven all puffed up and golden brown on top. I took some photos of the pre-cooked stages but completely forgot to take pics of the finished dish (thanks, bottle of rosé). You’ll just have to take my word for it. But this is stupidly quick and easy to make, even when you’re half-crocked.
