Cream of asparagus soup

AUTHOR
Antoine Long
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
3 2
COOK TIME
60 mins
TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 750 g white asparagus
  • 1/2 Organic Lemon
  • 7-10 Tbsp salt and pepper
  • 7-10 Tbsp Sugar
  • 2 (30 g) slightly heaped tablespoons of butter
  • 2 (30 g) slightly heaped tbsp. flour
  • 100 g Whipped cream
  • 1-2 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 2 (approx. 200 g) uncooked fine bratwursts
  • 4-5 Stem(s) Chervil

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash the asparagus and peel generously with an asparagus peeler, starting below the tips. Cut off the woody ends. Wash the lemon hot and cut off 2 slices.

  2. 2

    Bring asparagus peel and ends, lemon slices, 1 1/4 l water and 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and sugar to the boil in a large pot. Cover and simmer for about 10 minutes. In the meantime cut the asparagus into pieces.

  3. 3

    Pour asparagus water through a sieve into a second pot. Bring to the boil again, cover and cook for 8-12 minutes, depending on how thick the asparagus is. Drain, collect the asparagus water.

  4. 4

    Melt butter in a pot. Dust with flour and briefly sauté lightly. Add a good 1 l asparagus water and cream, stirring constantly, and bring to the boil. Simmer asparagus soup for about 5 minutes.

  5. 5

    Heat the oil in a pan. Pull the sausage meat as small dumplings from the sausage skin and put them into the pan. Fry over medium heat until golden brown all around.

  6. 6

    Season the soup with salt, pepper, a few dashes of lemon juice and 1 pinch of sugar. Let asparagus pieces and meatballs simmer briefly in the soup. Wash the chervil, shake dry, pluck and sprinkle over the soup.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
360 kcal
CARBS
10 g
FATS
30 g
PROTEINS
10 g