Roasted British asparagus with chorizo

Help to get your five-a-day with this roasted British asparagus with chorizo recipe. There is nothing quite like the taste of roasted asparagus with peppery, punchy chorizo and creamy egg yolk. This makes for a lovely starter or light summer lunch.  And you can turn this tasty treat into a regular lunchtime favourite by using less chorizo to cut back on the calories, fat and saturated fat.

Ingredients (serves 2)

A bundle (approx 250g) British asparagus

1 tbsp olive oil

110g chorizo, sliced

2 eggs

Handful of chives, chopped

Method

Preheat the oven to 210°c.

Place your British asparagus into a roasting dish, add the olive oil and place in the oven for 10-12 minutes.

In a hot dry frying pan add the slices of chorizo. Cook on both sides for two minutes until the slices of chorizo release their paprika-infused oil.

Meanwhile place a pan of boiling water on the hob and bring to a fast rolling boil. When you have three minutes to go before serving, crack your two eggs into the boiling water and immediately lower the heat to low-medium for two minutes. Then turn the heat off completely.

Remove the British asparagus from the oven and place on a serving dish, sprinkle over the hot chorizo slices, and with a slotted spoon add the two poached eggs.

Finally drizzle over the paprika oil and finish with the chives.

Recipe courtesy of british-asparagus.co.uk