Poring Over the Picture

Asparagus is one of my favorite vegetables, so I’m always trying to come up with ways to work it into my meals (and my photography). In the past I’ve wrapped asparagus with bacon, but I wanted to go with something a little fancier for a photograph, so I decided to use prosciutto. To prepare this dish, I blanched the asparagus in boiling water, wrapped them in thinly sliced pieces of prosciutto, and then broiled them in the oven for a few minutes. To add flavor (and texture for the photograph), I sprinkled the dish with salt and pepper.