Printable Recipe: Roasted Alien Fingers Halloween Finger Food

Roasted Alien Fingers Halloween Finger Food

These alien fingers are Halloween finger food in the most literal sense: they look a lot like long, creepy fingers! They're also elegant, delicious, and easy to make. I make these for other non-Halloween occasions, too, and they're always a hit.

If you want to really gross out your friends, you can also label these as "Dog Penises" or even "Alien Dog Penises." I haven't called them that here because... well, it's really gross and dog penises is not something I want to think about while writing about food. Go figure!

Recipe makes 20 "fingers" (or penises), enough to serve about 10 people. Try to get medium-sized asparagus spears-- not too thick and not too thin. I generally cook the asparagus and assemble them with the jamon or Prosciutto ahead of time, and then cook the jamon on an electric grill right before serving.

Ingredients:
20 spears of asparagus
5 cloves of garlic, minced or pressed
1 lemon, juice of
1/2 lemon, zest of
2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
freshly ground black pepper, to taste
sea salt, to taste
1/4 C. Italian flat-leaf parsley, minced
20 very thin slices Spanish Jamon or Italian Prosciutto

Instructions: 1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

2. Thoroughly wash and break off the tough ends of the asparagus. Dry thoroughly.

3. Toss asparagus in a baking dish with garlic, olive oil, lemon juice and zest, parsley, salt and pepper. Watch out with the salt, as the Prosciutto is salty, as well.

4. Roast until crisp-tender, about 10 minutes. Poke with a fork to assure they've reached the desired level of doneness. They'll cook a bit more on the grill, so don't overdo it.

5. Let cool slightly.

6. Wrap the bottom part of each asparagus spear (be sure to scoop up a bit of your garlic/parsley/oil mixture with each one) in one slice of jamon or Prosciutto, letting the top of the asparagus protrude from the meat.

7. Heat a grill to high heat and grill, turning occasionally, until Prosciutto or jamon is crisp.

8. Serve hot.