Green asparagus soup with potatoes and veal dumplings

COOK TIME
40 mins

TOTAL TIME
40 mins

Ingredients

Directions

1. 1

   Wash the asparagus, peel the lower third, break off or cut the woody stem end. Put cleaning scraps with 1/2 litre of hot water and a stock cube in a microwave oven. Cover and cook for five minutes at 600 watts. Leave to stand in the mould for two minutes. In the meantime, cut the asparagus into three to four centimetre long pieces. Peel, wash and dice the potatoes.

2. 2

   Pour the asparagus waste onto a sieve, collect the stock and return it to the microwave oven. Add the potatoes and the asparagus pieces (without heads) to the stock. Cover and cook at 600 watts for eight minutes. Add the asparagus heads two minutes before the end of the cooking time and cook along. Press small dumplings from the sausages into the hot asparagus stock and cook covered at 600 watts for three minutes. Cover and leave to stand in the dish for two minutes. Remove vegetables and dumplings from the stock with a skimmer. Mix egg yolk and cream and add to the stock. Stir in the sauce thickener. Heat the soup covered at 600 watts for two minutes. Stir once in between.

3. 3

   Remove vegetables and dumplings from the stock with a skimmer. Mix egg yolk and cream and add to the stock. Stir in the sauce thickener. Heat the soup covered at 600 watts for two minutes. Stir once in between. Add asparagus and dumplings to the hot soup and season with lemon juice, salt and pepper. Cover the soup and heat it up at 600 watts for another one or two minutes. Wash the tarragon (put something aside for the garnish). Pluck the remaining leaves from the stems. Add to the soup before serving. Garnish with the remaining tarragon

4. 4

   Add asparagus and dumplings to the hot soup and season with lemon juice, salt and pepper. Cover the soup and heat it up at 600 watts for another one or two minutes. Wash the tarragon (put something aside for the garnish). Pluck the remaining leaves from the stems. Add to the soup before serving. Garnish with the remaining tarragon

5. 5

   cooking time in the microwave 18-20 minutes