Recipe - Asparagus With Sesame Citrus Sauce

Three fourths pound Asparagus spears
1 tablespoon Butter or margarine
1 tablespoon Sesame seeds
1 tablespoon Fresh orange juice
1 teaspoon Fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon Sesame oil

Recipe by: adapted from BH&G, New CookBook 1993. From: PatH
phannema@wizard.ucr.edu

Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 15:05:54 0700 (PDT)
Prepare the asparagus. Snap off bases of spears and discard. Cut into
1inch pieces. Bring a small abount of salted water to boil in a saucepan;
add asparagus and cook 6 to 8 minutes or until crisptender. (Microzap
about 5 minutes.) Arrest cooking by rinsing in cold water. Drain. Set
aside.

Prepare sauce by premeasuring and having ingredients available. Melt
butter in saucepan. Add seeds and cook, stirring 2 to 3 minutes over
moderate heat, until browned. Add lemon juice, orange juice, then oil, in
that order, stirring. Taste. Salt only if too bitter.

Add asparagus to sauce, and toss until coated. Heat through. Serve hot.

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