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Asparagus en Croustade
Photo: Stephanie Studer

Asparagus en Croustade

6 ingredients 3 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

254
Calories
17g
Protein
14g
Fat
18g
Carbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 4 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Asparagus 6 spears (90g) 27
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Sauce not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • one cup hot cooked asparagus tips
  • 3 cups hot milk salt 1 egg prepare the sauce as usual
  • 3 tablespns
  • 6 tablespns
  • 1 egg prepare the sauce as usual
  • salt

Directions

1

Cut the top crust from gems baked in flat oblong, or round gem pans, and remove the soft inside part. Warm in oven. Have ready one cup hot cooked asparagus tips.

2

3 tablespns. butter 5-6 tablespns. flour 3 cups hot milk salt 1 egg

3

Prepare the sauce as usual, adding beaten egg last, heat without boiling, carefully stir in the asparagus tips, fill the crusts and serve. A few tips may be reserved and pressed into the sauce after crusts are filled, leaving the heads sticking up. Green peas or stringless beans may be substituted for asparagus. Patty pan pastry crusts may be used.

By Evora Bucknum Perkins · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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