Roasted Asparagus with cherry tomatoes

I served this dish this weekend to my family and friends at our annual easter celebration. It was a really big hit, even for those who do not care much for asparagus. Pam told me it gave her a tongue-gasm. How do you reply to that? LOL

I did not use a recipe, so I will try to tell  you about how to make it.

Roasted Asparagus with Cherry Tomatoes and Prosciutto

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs cleaned asparagus
• 1 lb cherry tomatoes
• 4 cloves of garlic, crushed
• salt
• a pinch of rosemary
• 3 T olive oil
• 4 slices  prosciutto, torn up
• shaved parmesan cheese

place asparagus and tomatoes in a bowl, toss with oil, salt garlic and rosemary. add prosciutto.  put it all on  a baking sheet and cook in the oven 15-20 minutes on 400. serve in a wide bowl with the parmesan cheese sprinkled on top. Yummy.

Chicken with Garlic, Garlic, Garlic!

 Vampires beware! This is not called Grand Garlic Gluttony Sauce for nothing! I saw this one day and made it shortly after. Mike LOVES this and we stink for days afterwards!

• 3 lbs. Frying chicken whole ( I often just use a package of thighs)
• 1 Garlic clove peeled and split
• 40 Garlic cloves 
• Rosemary
• 3⁄ 4 cup Dry white wine
• Freshly-ground black pepper to taste
• Salt to taste
• === GRAND GARLIC GLUTTONY SAUCE ===
• 1⁄ 2 cup Chicken stock fresh or canned
• 1⁄ 2 cup Whipping cream
• Cooked garlic cloves from the above - (all 40)

Method

Pat the chicken dry. Rub inside and out with one split clove of garlic. Lightly salt and pepper.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place chicken on a roasting rack in a baking pan and arrange cloves of garlic
around in the pan. Place in the oven and reduce heat to 350 degrees.
Bake 20 minutes and then pour wine over the chicken. Baste again in 10 minutes and again 10 minutes later.
Roast a total of one hour. You may wish to bake your chicken longer. (You may also opt to panfry and then simmer the chicken on the stovetop)
My friends serve the chicken on a platter with the garlic on the side. In this way you can squirt the cooked
garlic cloves onto bread, rolls or potatoes. Or you can make the following sauce.

For The Sauce: Put the chicken stock in a small saucepan and add the cream. As this is heating, squirt all of
the garlic cloves into the sauce, Simmer for a few minutes.

(ok, sometimes I skip the cream and just make a slurry with cornstarch and water to thicken this sauce, Its still very good and less fat.)

Correct the seasoning with salt and pepper and enjoy the sauce on the chicken. They call it Grand Garlic
Gluttony. I cannot understand why!

Notes

Comments: It is always fun to receive recipes from fans and friends. This is one will scare you to death, since it calls for one chicken and forty cloves of garlic.
I cannot even thank the person since he or she did not put a name on the recipe ... and I have long since lost
the envelope. So, you know who you are, and you are going to have the whole country smelling of wonderful
garlic. Do try this. It is not strong at all and is very good for you.I usually serve this with bagettes and butter and its usually ALL GONE.