Recipe: Asparagus Spears Elegante

Asparagus Spears Elegante
Source: The Asparagus Festival Cookbook

3 oz. cream cheese
prepared pesto to taste
8 slices prosciutto or thin ham
8 thin slices provolone cheese
8 asparagus spears (about 6 inches long), cooked until tender-crisp

Combine cream cheese with pesto. Spread half of cream cheese mixture on prosciutto slices. Set aside.

Spread remaining cream cheese mixture on cheese slices. Place 1 asparagus spear on one edge of cheese, then roll up jellyroll fashion. Place the roll on a prosciutto slice, wrapping the roll with the prosciutto in a spiral fashion. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Makes 8 Appetizers