Asparagus With Melon

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs asparagus, tough ends snapped off
• 2 cups honeydew melon, in balls or cubes
• 4 ounces blue cheese, crumbled small
• 1/2 cup dry wine
• 1 teaspoon hot mustard
• 1/2 orange, juice of
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 cup hazelnuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 arrange asparagus in a casserole so that half of the heads are at one end and the other half at the other end and the ends overlap slightly in the middle.
• 2 add melon balls and crumbled blue cheese.
• 3 evenly mix the melon balls and cheese among, under, over and around the asparagus.
• 4 in a small bowl, combine the wine, mustard, orange juice and salt and pepper.
• 5 mix and pour over the asparagus and melon.
• 6 sprinkle the hazelnuts evenly over the top.
• 7 bake at 350f degrees for about 15 to 20 minutes or until the asparagus is tender crisp, longer if you like your asparagus soft.