{"id":17682,"date":"2016-03-02T14:02:08","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T21:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=17682"},"modified":"2015-12-19T14:03:41","modified_gmt":"2015-12-19T21:03:41","slug":"asparagus-gratin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=17682","title":{"rendered":"Asparagus Gratin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AG-003-logo.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17686\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-17686\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AG-003-logo.jpg\" alt=\"AG 003 logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AG-003-logo.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AG-003-logo-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>2 pounds thin asparagus<br \/>\n3 cups water<br \/>\nsalt and pepper<br \/>\n2 tablespoons unsalted butter<br \/>\n2 tablespoons flour (I used whole wheat)<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00be cup Parmesan cheese, grated and divided<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00bd cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded<\/p>\n<p>Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat broiler. Line broiler safe baking dish with paper towels or a lint free kitchen cloth. Snap the woody ends off the asparagus and set both stalks and ends aside. Bring water to a boil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add asparagus ends and \u00c2\u00bc teaspoon salt and cook covered, for 5 minutes. Using slotted spoon, remove asparagus ends and discard. Add asparagus stalks to skillet, cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until nearly tender,2-4 minutes. Transfer asparagus to paper\/cloth-lined baking dish. Pour asparagus water into liquid measuring cup. If liquid does not read 1-cup mark, add water until it does. Melt butter in now empty skillet over medium heat. Add flour and cook, stirring constantly until golden, about 1 minute. Whisk in reserved asparagus water and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until thickened, 3-5 minutes. Off heat, whisk in \u00c2\u00bd cup Parmesan and Monterey jack until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Cover and let stand for 5 minutes. Remove paper towels from baking dish. Drizzle sauce over center of asparagus and top with remaining Parmesan. Broil until cheese is golden and asparagus is tender, 4-8 minutes. Serve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 pounds thin asparagus 3 cups water salt and pepper 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 tablespoons flour (I used whole wheat) \u00c2\u00be cup Parmesan cheese, grated and divided \u00c2\u00bd cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat broiler. Line broiler safe baking dish with paper towels or a lint free kitchen cloth. Snap the woody ends off the asparagus and set both stalks and ends aside. Bring water to a boil in a large skillet&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=17682\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[122],"class_list":["post-17682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegetables","tag-cheese"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17687,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17682\/revisions\/17687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}