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  Asparagus With Ginger-Orange Butter
  Category: Vegetables
  Author: The Savvybearcat
  Date: 1/1/2007
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Ingredients:
1 Navel orange
5 tbsp Unsalted butter, softened
2 tsp Minced fresh cilantro or parsley
1 tsp Minced peeled fresh ginger root
2 lb Asparagus, trimmed
Instructions:
1 Grate 2 tsp orange zest (colored part of peel); place in small bowl.
Squeeze juice. To orange zest, add butter, l Tbs.orange juice,
cilantro, ginger and l/4 tsp each salt and pepper. With portable
mixer, beat to blend. Place on plastic wrap; roll up to form 3-in.
log, twisting ends. Freeze 30 minutes, or refrigerate overnight.

2. After butter mixture has set, cook asparagus: Peel bottom third of
asparagus spears with vegetable peeler. In large, deep skillet,
combine 2 cups water, remaining orange juice, ~ /2 tsp salt and the
asparagus; heat to boiling. Reduce heat; simmer, partially covered, 4
minutes or until tender. Drain; place on platter Remove butter from
freezer; unwrap. Slice into 1/4-in. rounds; place on hot asparagus.

Makes 6 servings.

Per serving: 120 calories, 5 g protein, 6 g carbohydrate, 10 g 6t, 26
mg cholesterol, 271 mg sodium.

From the files of Al Rice, North Pole Alaska. Feb 1994
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