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     Title: ASPARAGUS AND CRABMEAT SALAD
Categories: Appetizers, Seafood
     Yield: 4 servings

     1 c  Mayonnaise
     1 tb Lemon juice - fresh
 1 1/2 ts Tomato paste
 1 1/2 ts Shallot - minced
   1/2 ts Dijon mustard
   1/4 ts Pepper
     1 lb Asparagus - trimmed
     8 oz Crabmeat - cooked
     4 lg Boston lettuce leaves - or
          -butter lettuce leaves

 Calories     per serving:             Number of Servings:   4 Fat grams per
 serving:              Approx. Cook Time: Cholesterol per serving: Marks:

 *DIRECTIONS*

 Whisk mayonnaise, lemon juice, tomato paste, shallot, Dijon mustard and
 pepper in medium bowl. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use. (Can be
 prepared 3 days ahead.) Cook asparagus in large pot of boiling salted water
 until crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. Transfer to bowl of ice water and
 cool.  Drain and pat dry.  mix crabmeat into mayonnaise.  Season to taste
 with salt.  Arrange 1 lettuce leaf on each plate.  Top with asparagus.
 Spoon crabmeat mayonnaise over and serve.

 Bon Appetit, April, 1991.

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