If you want to cook asparagus like a super star, this is what you do:
Preheat the oven to 150c.
Chop about 2.5cms of 'wood' off the thick end of each spear and discard. Guinea pigs do not like it!
Finely chop three cloves of fresh garlic.
Place your asparagus spears in a bowl, toss in your chopped garlic, liberally splash with olive oil, crack some fresh pepper on top and sprinkle your Murray River Pink salt. Toss it all about so the spears are covered in oil.
Place your spears onto a baking tray. If you use baking paper, like I do, there is nothing to clean up. Just toss the paper in the bin. The asparagus won't stick to the paper. Make sure all the garlic and oil leave the bowl. Grind a little extra pepper and add a sprinkle more salt.
Bake in the oven for 10 mins. No longer. 10 mins is all it requires.
This is best made when you are using the oven for something else. 10 mins before you take out whatever you are cooking, add the asparagus to the oven so it will be timed perfectly.
Now eat.