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Tulip Crab And Asparagus Appetizers
3 oz Cream cheese; softened
2 ts Lemon juice
1 tb Minced chives
1 ts Minced fresh dill or mint
-(Optional)
1 ds Pepper or cayenne
1 c Crab meat, flaked
25 Fresh asparagus spears
25 Tulip petals
In a medium bowl, beat cheese with lemon juice, herbs, and pepper; stir in crab.
Break tough ends off asparagus.
Blanch in 1 inch of boiling water in a large skillet with a lid, or steam standing upright in a couple of inches of water in a tall, narrow pot, until crisp-tender, 2 to 5 minutes, depending on thickness of stems.
Plunge into an ice-water bath for 1 minute; then pat dry.
Trim asparagus to abut 5 inches; from the trimmings, cut as many 1/4-inch rounds as you have tulip petals.
Save extra ends for salads.
Fill each tulip petal with about 1/2 a rounded teaspoon of crab mixture and garnish with an asparagus round.
(If your petals are large and asparagus thin, you can use 3 rounds to garnish each filled petal.
) Arrange asparagus in a fan on a serving platter and place tulip petals alternately (or create your own pattern).
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