Name: Fresh California Asparagus and Smoked Salmon
Ingredients: 8 ounces cream cheese (light or regular, softened); 1/2 teaspoon Lemon zest; 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground coarse black pepper or to taste; 24 large California asparagus spears (trimmed); 6 oblong sandwich rolls (lightly toasted); 12 ounces thinly sliced smoked salmon; 1/2 medium red onion (thinly sliced, separated in to rings)

Fresh California Asparagus and Smoked Salmon

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Ingredients

8 ounces cream cheese light or regular, softened
1/2 teaspoon Lemon zest
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground coarse black pepper or to taste
24 large California asparagus spears trimmed
6 oblong sandwich rolls lightly toasted
12 ounces thinly sliced smoked salmon
1/2 medium red onion thinly sliced, separated in to rings

Instructions

1 Thoroughly mix cream cheese, lemon zest and black pepper. Reserve.2 Put asparagus into a large skillet of boiling, salted water. Return to a boil; boil until tender-crisp, about 3 minutes. Drain well; spread on paper towel to cool.3 To assemble sandwiches, spread 1 generous tablespoon of reserved cream cheese mixture on sliced rolls. Divide salmon in 6 portions. Layer onion rings on bottom of roll, then 1 portion salmon and 4 asparagus spears, interspersing asparagus between slices of salmon.4 Cover sandwiches with tops; cut diagonal.
Source: California Asparagus Commision