Asparagus recipes | Nigel Slater

Sharpen your asparagus spears with a spicy sauce and a herb-fresh braiseThe British asparagus that arrived in March felt like a Christmas card that arrives too early. I let it be, in much the same way I put premature greetings back in their envelopes. Yet there was still the chill of early spring when I bought the first bunch a few weeks later and roasted the thick spears, tossing them with a robust dressing made from short, fat jalapeño chillies, ground cumin and lime. The notes of smoke