Ham + Asparagus
Mrs. Growson Kellogg Recipe Box handwritten two-card recipe
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoon Butter; 3 tablespoon Flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 1/2 cups Milk; Dash of pepper
- 1 pound smoked ham cut in 1 in. pieces
- 1 large bunch green asparagus
- 3 hard boiled eggs sliced.
- 1 cup cooked rice, Paprika
Directions
- Make a sauce as follows.
- Melt the butter in a Sauce Pan; Add flour + seasonings and mix well. Add Milk stirring constantly during the addition.
- Cook over a slow fire, stirring constantly to keep from getting lumpy, all mixture to come to boiling point. Cook 3 Min.
- Saute ham cubes until brown in a frying pan.
- Clean + cut asparagus into 2 in lengths, Cook asparagus in a small amount of boiling salted water until tender.
- Combine sauce, ham, asparagus, eggs, + rice. Mix carefully. Pack in a greased baking dish. Sprinkle top with paprika + Bake in slow oven.
Timing: Cook 3 Min.
Temperature: slow fire; boiling point; ham brown; boiling salted water; asparagus tender; slow oven
Equipment: Sauce Pan; frying pan; greased baking dish; oven
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