Ham and Asparagus Roll-ups

Name: Ham and Asparagus Roll-ups
Yield: about 21/2 dozen
Ingredients: 4 medium-to-large-thickness asparagus, cooked (or packaged frozen asparagus spears); lightly salted water; 4 slices boiled ham; 6 oz. softened cream cheese, or herb-flavored cream cheese; ½ lemon; 2 TB. chopped fresh chives (or the green part of scallion); freshly gound black pepper

From: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cooking Basics

Servings: about 21/2 dozen

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Ronnie's Notes

Simple and stunning. Set the pieces on doilies for even greater visual effect.

Difficulty: Easy

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4 medium-to-large-thickness asparagus, cooked (or packaged frozen asparagus spears)
lightly salted water
4 slices boiled ham
6 oz. softened cream cheese, or herb-flavored cream cheese
½ lemon
2 TB. chopped fresh chives (or the green part of scallion)
freshly gound black pepper

Instructions

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Cut the woody, purplish bottoms off the asparagus.

Peel the asparagus if desired.

Cook the asparagus until they are fork tender (See the “Vegetables”recipe section) and drain them under cold water.

Wipe the asparagus dry with paper towels.

(If you use frozen asparagus, cook them until they are tender.) Wipe the ham slices dry and spread each slice with an equal amount of cream cheese.

Place a cooked asparagus spear down the length of the slice of ham.

Squeeze the lemon over each asparagus spear.

Sprinkle with the chives, and grind some fresh pepper over the ingredients.

Roll the ham jelly-roll style to make one long roll.

Place the roll seam side down on a plate in the refrigerator (cover the plate with plastic wrap).

Chill for at least .

Slice each roll into tions.

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