Bacon-Wrapped Asparagus Spears with Tomatoes and Taleggio Cheese

Name: Bacon-Wrapped Asparagus Spears with Tomatoes and Taleggio Cheese
Total time: 35
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 clove garlic, thinly sliced; 12 spears fresh asparagus, trimmed; 1 cup grape tomatoes, halved; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; 4 slices hardwood smoked bacon; 0.75 pound Taleggio cheese, cut into 1/4-inch pieces

Recipe by MikeAndKim from allrecipes.com

Dinner,Side Dish 35 Mins.

Ingredients

4 servings

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1 tablespoon olive oil
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1 clove garlic, thinly sliced
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12 spears fresh asparagus, trimmed
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1 cup grape tomatoes, halved

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1 teaspoon lemon juice
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4 slices hardwood smoked bacon
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0.75 pound Taleggio cheese, cut into 1/4-inch pieces

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir garlic until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
Stir asparagus and grape tomatoes into the garlic and drizzle with lemon juice. Continue to cook and stir until asparagus are tender, 5 to 7 minutes.
Wrap 3 asparagus spears with 1 slice of bacon. Repeat with remaining asparagus and bacon, making 4 bundles. Arrange wrapped asparagus on a baking sheet.
Scatter cooked grape tomatoes around the wrapped asparagus.
Bake in the preheated oven for 5 minutes, then scatter Taleggio cheese atop asparagus; return baking sheet to the oven.
Continue baking until bacon is crisp, 5 to 7 minutes more.