Cream of asparagus soup

Name: Cream of asparagus soup
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 Onion; 500 g green asparagus; 2 TABLESPOONS Butter or margarine; 500 Vegetable broth; 250 ml Milk; 150 g Fresh cream; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 7-10 Tbsp Pepper; 1 TEASPOON Sugar; 2 TABLESPOONS Lemon juice

AUTHOR
Eunice Scott

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
35 mins

TOTAL TIME
35 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4

1 Onion
500 g green asparagus
2 TABLESPOONS Butter or margarine
500 Vegetable broth
250 ml Milk
150 g Fresh cream
7-10 Tbsp Salt
7-10 Tbsp Pepper
1 TEASPOON Sugar
2 TABLESPOONS Lemon juice

Directions

1
Peel and chop the onion. Wash the asparagus, cut off the woody ends. Cut the asparagus into pieces
2
Heat the fat in a saucepan. Sauté the onion for about 6 minutes. Steam asparagus for the last 3 minutes. Deglaze with stock and milk. Bring to the boil and simmer for about 10 minutes until the asparagus is soft. After about 3 minutes, remove a few asparagus tips for garnishing
3
Finely puree the soup with a hand blender. Stir in crème fraîche, season soup with salt, pepper, sugar and lemon juice. Arrange the soup and garnish with asparagus