2 Reviews of Roasted Asparagus Salad With Fried Sage

From: Geema

On Jul 23, 2006

How can you go wrong with roasted asparagus? This salad was very good with the lemony dressing and the Parmesan cheese garnish...perfect for a hot summer's day salad. My biggest disappointment was with the fried sage leaves. I have always wanted to try making them and had a large harvest of fresh sage to pick at my daughter's house. I wasn't sure what temperature to heat the oil and decided to set it on a medium heat and do the cube of bread test. The leaves sizzled as instructed, but never really got crispy as expected. Maybe my oil wasn't hot enough...maybe I messed up in some unknown way, but neither my DH nor I were impressed with the appearance or the taste of the leaves. Frankly, they were pretty boring. So, I'm just chaulking up the lackluster appearance of the sage leaves to the fact that I'm not an expert chef at the Herbfarm. My daughter and I have made it a goal to go there next year and treat ourselves to a special girl's weekend together. Maybe I'll learn how to make fried sage leaves then.

From: mikekey

On Jun 2, 2007

WOW! What a great summertime dish. I grilled the asparagus and then chilled it before finishing dish. The fried sage doesn't look like much when taken out of the pan, and I didn't think it would add much, but it is a very subtle addition of flavor, and looked nice on the dish. I also live in the Seattle area and have never been to the Herb Farm (it would take my life savings ) but I can have this dish at home! Thanks for posting this one! Made for ZWT III