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Asparagus season is upon us. How else to cook them? I took this recipe from  therecipecritic.com and it's delicious. Cook it now! Serves: 5 persons (starter) or 2 persons (main). Ingredients: 400g asparagus, stalks removed 5 slices bacon 3 tbsp olive oil ¼ cup maple syrup salt & pepper to taste Method: Place the bacon slices on a wire rack on top of an ovenproof tray and roast in a 200 oven until it begins to shrink and turns a slightly red colour, but it is still flexible, about 5 min. The bacon should not be completely crispy, otherwise it will break  when wrapping around the asparagus. In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, maple syrup and pepper to taste. Remove the bacon from the oven and brush with the maple syrup mixture on both sides. Roast the bacon for 3 min. Allow the bacon to cool until it’s easy to handle with your fingers.  Divide the asparagus into five even-size bundles. On a cutting board, wrap one slice of the par-cooked bacon overlapp...

Pancakes can be eaten with whatever you like but they are delicious with bacon and maple syrup. Do not eat this if you are on a diet!! Some say the batter is better the next day so you can make the batter the night before and then just cook the pancakes the next morning. We were attacked by gluttony and had 18 pancakes between both... In normal circumstances, 18 pancakes is enough to feed 4 persons. This recipe if from Paul Hollywood's How to bake book. Serves: 4 persons. Ingredients: 200g plain flour 3 tsp baking powder pinch of salt 1 egg, beaten 300ml milk 15g melted butter 8 slices of bacon (2 per person) maple syrup to taste Method: Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl plus the salt and mix well. In another bowl, combine the beaten egg with the milk. Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and slowly whisk in the milk and egg mixture, until you have a smooth batter. Finally, beat in the melted butter. Heat a little butter with a dash of oil in a frying pan ov...