Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello

Celebrate all the flavors of spring with a meal set right in the garden! It's too easy with luscious spring pea soup, spiced honey ham, asparagus bundles wrapped in salty prosciutto and a creamy lemon curd with berries to finish. Bella primavera!

Gameplan
Day Before Brunch:

• Prepare Spring Pea Soup


• Prepare Toasted Spice Rub mixture for Ham


• Prepare Lemon curd for dessert


• Prepare seasoned bread crumbs for asparagus bundles

Morning of Brunch:

• Poach asparagus


• Wrap asparagus with prosciutto and season with bread crumbs

Hour Before Dinner:

• Speed Scratch Ham with Toasted Spice Rub and cook


• Finish Lemon Curd desserts: put biscotti, lemon curd & berries in bowls on a tray in the fridge ready for dessert


• baste ham after 30 minutes with honey

Brunch Party:

• Warm soup bowls in oven for a few seconds


• Reheat spring pea soup slowly – do not boil – and garnish


• Asparagus in the oven with ham while soup is being served


• Serve ham and asparagus on platter after spring pea soup


• Grab dessert tray from refrigerator when its time for dessert

Wine Recommendation
Garguilo Vineyard Pinot Grigio