Oven Bacon-Wrapped Asparagus

Preheat oven to 375ºF.

Wash and trim asparagus; removing the tough lower portion of the stem. (You will need to split out the asparagus into four equal bundles). Wrap one slice of bacon around 5 to 6 spears of asparagus and place on baking sheet.

In small bowl, combine red wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, honey, garlic, chives and pepper. Whisk in olive oil. Pour half of the mustard vinaigrette into a separate bowl and set aside.

Take remaining vinaigrette and using basting brush baste asparagus bundles. Place cookie sheet in oven and bake for 15–20 minutes. Turn broiler on to brown the bacon the last 1–2 minutes of cooking. Stay close by as I have always found broilers unpredictable.

Serve remaining honey mustard vinaigrette with asparagus bacon bundles.