You gotta love the different things you can do with asparagus.

Ingredients:

• 22 asparagus spears about ½” diameter with ends trimmed
• 1 Tab olive oil
• 1 pkg thin cut prosciutto, cut in half lengthwise (Prosciutto di Parma)

Directions:

1. Heat the oven to broil and arrange a rack about 5 to 6 inches below the heating element.
2. Place the asparagus on a baking sheet.
3. Drizzle it with the olive oil
4. Using your hands, roll until the spears are evenly coated with the oil.
5. Starting just under the scaled tip of the asparagus, wrap each spear with 1 slice of prosciutto in a downward spiral toward the cut end, just barely overlapping the seams of the prosciutto.
6. Replace wrapped spears onto the baking sheet, leaving as much space as possible
7. between each spear while still fitting all of them onto the baking sheet. (Make sure the spears don’t actually touch, or the asparagus and prosciutto will steam and won’t crisp.)
8. Broil for 3 minutes, remove the baking sheet from the oven, and flip the asparagus over.
9. Return the baking sheet to the oven and continue to broil until the asparagus is charred in spots and the prosciutto is crisped and browned, about 2 minutes more.

Serves: Makes 22 pieces

Source: By Lisa Lavery| Chow.com

Comments: I cut the prosciutto with scissors while it was still on the paper