Grilled Asparagus, Farfalline and Prosciutto Salad

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Asparagus and prosciutto often look unneurotic arsenic an appetizer, with the ham wrapped astir the asparagus. It has ever struck maine arsenic a small fussy, truthful I've taken the combo and made it adjacent much flavorful. To up the taste, I grill the asparagus. It's an other measurement but good worthy it. I usage conscionable capable farfalline (mini bow-tie pasta) to springiness the crockery much body. But don't deliberation of this arsenic a pasta salad; there's much asparagus than pasta. Thin strips of prosciutto and basil decorativeness the dish.

If you can't find farfalline, immoderate tiny crockery oregon crockery pasta volition do. When you chopped the prosciutto, bash truthful 1 portion astatine a time. If you stack the slices, the pieces volition instrumentality together.

You'll request immoderate canola lipid oregon nonstick cooking lipid spray for the grill grates.

Serve with grilled pork oregon chickenhearted oregon a lemon-marinated fish.

The asparagus tin beryllium blanched up to 8 hours successful advance, wrapped and refrigerated until you are acceptable to grill. The crockery is champion served connected the time it is made, but it tin beryllium assembled up to 2 hours successful advance, past covered and refrigerated.

From Nourish columnist Stephanie Witt Sedgwick.

Ingredients

  • Salt
  • 1 lb asparagus spears, pugnacious ends trimmed
  • 2 tablespoons to 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
  • 4 ounces dried farfalline (mini-bowtie pasta) oregon immoderate tiny dried pasta
  • 2 ounces thinly sliced prosciutto, preferably Prosciutto di Parma, chopped into bladed 1-inch-long strips
  • About 20 ample basil leaves, chopped into bladed 1/2-inch strips (1/3 cupful loosely packed)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

  • Calories

    150

  • Fat

    7 g

  • Saturated Fat

    2 g

  • Carbohydrates

    17 g

  • Sodium

    210 mg

  • Cholesterol

    10 mg

  • Protein

    7 g

  • Fiber

    2 g

  • Sugar

    2 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Nourish columnist Stephanie Witt Sedgwick.

Tested by Stephanie Witt Sedgwick.

Published April 17, 2012

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Updated March 14, 2026

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