Name: Griddled Asparagus, Piperade, Poached Eggs, and Grits
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 cups chicken stock; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter; Sea salt; 1/2 cup white corn grits; 1/2 cup heavy cream; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 1/2 cup thinly sliced shallots; 1 cup julienned red bell pepper; 2 roma tomatoes, peeled and coarsely chopped; 2 bay leaves; 1 teaspoon ground Espelette pepper; 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar; 1/2 pound asparagus, tough ends removed, spears peeled if thick; 4 Perfectly Poached Eggs

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Photo by Rinne Allen

This is an ode to Spain, a culture totally infatuated with the glories of asparagus. Here the green spears are paired with a classic Basque tomato-pepper relish called pipérade, simple poached eggs, and grits. One of these things has no place in Spain, but you can take the boy out of Georgia but you...well, you know.

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