🫙 From the Spice Rack
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...
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Prep15 min
Cook30 min
Total45 min
Ingredients7 items
Ingredients
- 3ozcream cheese; softened
- 2ts lemon juice
- 1tb minced chives
- 1ts minced fresh dill or mint
- 1c crab meat, flaked
- 25fresh asparagus spears
- 25tulip petals
Directions
- 1
3 oz Cream cheese
- 2
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 Fres
- 3
stir in crab
- 4
Break tough ends off asparagus
- 5
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
- 6
Plunge into an ice-water bath for 1 minute
- 7
then pat dry
- 8
Trim asparagus to abut 5 inches