Asparagus soup

AUTHOR
Xavier Baldwin
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 2
COOK TIME
30 mins
TOTAL TIME
30 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 6
  • 7-10 Tbsp Asparagus shells and cuttings
  • 40 g Butter or margarine
  • 40 g Flour
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 7-10 Tbsp Sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Lemon juice
  • 2 Egg Yolk
  • 200 g Whipped cream
  • 6 cooked asparagus spears
  • 7-10 Tbsp Chervil and pink berries

Directions

  1. 1

    Bring the asparagus skins and sections to the boil in about 1 3/4 litres of water and simmer for about 15 minutes. Drain and collect the asparagus water. Melt the fat in a pot. Sweat flour in it.

  2. 2

    Deglaze with 1 1/2 litres of asparagus stock and simmer for about 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt, pepper, sugar and lemon juice. Stir egg yolk and 100 g whipped cream until smooth and add to the no longer boiling soup.

  3. 3

    Cut cooked asparagus spears into pieces. Add to the soup. Whip 100 g whipping cream until half stiff. Sprinkle soup with whipped cream, chervil leaves and crushed pink berries.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
210 kcal
CARBS
6 g
FATS
18 g
PROTEINS
4 g

Categories & Tags

Main Dishes