Warm asparagus sandwich

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 pounds Fresh asparagus
¼ teaspoon Salt
2 tablespoons Butter or margarine melted
1 16 oz. French bread loaf, split
3 To 4 plum tomatoes, sliced
½ teaspoon Salt
⅛ teaspoon Pepper
4 Thin prosciutto slices
½ pounds Fontina cheese, shredded

Directions

Snap off tough ends of asparagus; cut into 4 inch pieces. Cook in boiling water to cover with ¼ teaspoon salt 5 to 6 minutes or until crisp-tender; drain.

Brush melted butter on cut sides of bread; place, cut side up, on baking sheets.

Broil 5½ inches from heat (with electric oven door partially open) 1 minute. Remove from oven; arrange tomato on bottom half of bread. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Top with prosciutto and asparagus. Sprinkle with cheese. Broil bottom half 2 more minutes or until cheese melts. Replace top half, and cut into 4 sections. Serve immediately. Yield: 4 servings.

Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook: 9 minutes. Typed in MMFormat by cjhartlin.msn@... Source: Southern Living Magazine May 1999 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #13 by cjhartlin@... on May 2, 1999

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