Parmesan-Crusted Asparagus

Name: Parmesan-Crusted Asparagus
Yield: Serves 4 to 6 as a side dish
Ingredients: 2 pounds (1/2-inch-thick), asparagus, trimmed; , Salt and pepper; 3 ounces, Parmesan cheese, grated (1 1/2 cups); 3/4 cup, panko bread crumbs; 1 tablespoon, unsalted butter, melted and cooled; Pinch, cayenne; 2 large, egg whites; 1 teaspoon, honey

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2012, Cook's Country TV

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What would it take to get a super-crunchy coating that stayed put on tender asparagus? A borrowed technique and two surprising ingredients.

SERVES4 to 6 as a side dish

TIME40 minutes, plus 30 minutes salting

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Simply roasting asparagus and topping it with shaved Parmesan gives you limp spears and rubbery cheese. To get crisp-tender asparagus, we salted it to rid it of excess moisture. From there, we dipped the spears in a combination of honey and...

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