Asparagus with crunchy gremolata crumbs

Method

• 1
  Preheat the oven to 180C.
• 2
  To make the gremolata crumbs, whiz the bread in a food processor to coarse crumbs. Place in a bowl and stir in the garlic, lemon zest, parsley, some sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Set the mixture aside.
• 3
  Line a tray with baking paper. Arrange the asparagus on the tray in a single layer, drizzle with half the olive oil, then toss well to coat. Scatter the gremolata crumb mixture over the asparagus and drizzle with the remaining olive oil.
• 4
  Bake for 20-25 minutes until the asparagus is tender and the gremolata crumbs are golden.
• 5
  Transfer the asparagus and gremolata crumbs to serving plates, scatter over the strips of lemon zest, then serve the asparagus warm with some lemon wedges to squeeze over.