Asparagus-Bacon Roll-Ups
A italian take on asparagus-bacon roll-ups, written step by step so it's easy to follow that's worth the oven time.
Ingredients
- 12 slices white sandwich bread
- 1 container whipped cream cheese
- 12 fresh asparagus spears or canned asparagus spears
- crumbled bacon bits
- melted butter
- Parmesan cheese
Method
Cook the asparagus spears; drain and cool.
Use a rolling pin to flatten out the bread.
Cut off the crusts after you have rolled over the bread.
This given an uptown finish to the roll-ups. Spread the cream cheese over the bread slices, sprinkle bacon bits over this, add the asparagus spear and roll as for a jellyroll. Cut each slice in half, place on cookie sheet, brush each roll with butter and sprinkle the Parmesan cheese on top.
Bake in hot oven (400°) until the Parmesan has a golden glow (about 5 to 8 minutes), but watch closely so the rolls don't burn.
You could also broil 6 inches from broiler until lightly toasted.
Yields 24 appetizers.
