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Pancetta-wrapped asparagus with baked feta and honey

Name: Pancetta-wrapped asparagus with baked feta and honey
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 2-4
Ingredients: 3 dried red chillies; 100g runny honey; 12 slices pancetta; 12 asparagus spears; 200g block feta; Olive oil to drizzle; ¼ bunch thyme; Crusty bread to serve (optional)

By: Pollyanna Coupland
Food producer, delicious.

Published: 29 Mar 23
Updated: 18 Mar 24

Pancetta-wrapped asparagus with baked feta and honey

Wrap asparagus spears in pancetta and roast with feta until golden. Serve with chilli-spiked honey and crusty bread for an easy lunch or supper.

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Easy
April 2023

Test kitchen approved

Serves 2-4
Hands-on time 10 min. Oven time 20 min

Wrap asparagus spears in pancetta and roast with feta until golden. Serve with chilli-spiked honey and crusty bread for an easy lunch or supper.

Make the most of spears season with our 15 best asparagus recipes.

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Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 341kcals
Fat: 22g (10.4g saturated)
Protein: 15g
Carbohydrates: 20g (20g sugars)
Fibre: 1.4g
Salt: 2.7g

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Ingredients

3 dried red chillies
100g runny honey
12 slices pancetta
12 asparagus spears
200g block feta
Olive oil to drizzle
¼ bunch thyme
Crusty bread to serve (optional)

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Method

Begin by making the hot honey so it has time to infuse. Toast the chillies in a hot dry pan for a few minutes, then roughly chop and return to the pan with the honey. Take off the heat and set aside to cool.
Heat the oven to 200ºC fan/gas 7. Wrap a pancetta rasher around each spear of asparagus and put in an oven dish. Put the thyme in the centre and top with the block of feta. Drizzle in a little oil and season each side of the feta with plenty of freshly cracked black pepper. Put in the hot oven for 10-15 minutes until the pancetta is crisp and the feta is golden.
Drizzle the hot honey over the feta and return to the oven for 5 more minutes, then serve warm, spreading the feta over the asparagus spears or using bread to scoop it up.

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Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 341kcals
Fat: 22g (10.4g saturated)
Protein: 15g
Carbohydrates: 20g (20g sugars)
Fibre: 1.4g
Salt: 2.7g

delicious. tips

Don’t waste it: Keep the woody asparagus ends to be used in vegetable stock.

Scale it up: The hot honey will last indefinitely and the flavour develops over time, so feel free to scale it up. Around 8-10 chillies is enough for a 330ml jar of honey.