Aranjuez asparagus Food and drink · Aranjuez, Las Vegas, Madrid Image of Aranjuez, not of the place itself. Asparagus grown in the sandy, cool soils of the riverside market garden, one of the municipality's historic irrigated crops alongside the strawberry. It is harvested in spring and prepared boiled, grilled or in menestra. Photo: Zarateman (CC0) What to see and do in Aranjuez