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Recipe : **** Asparagus Soup

Asparagus Soup
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Course:
Appetizer

Practical information

  • Prep time
    20 min
  • Cooking
    35 min
  • Ready in
    55 min
  • Difficulty
    Very easy
  • Price
    Friendly budget
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Categories

Difficulty:
easy recipe
Recipe for:
big families
Category:
Vegetable recipes
Tags:
Asparagus, Asparagus soup, soup

Recipe's Ingredients

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  • dash salt
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
  • salt and freshly ground white pepper
  • fresh ground nutmeg
  • 1 egg yolk, beaten
  • 3 tablespoons fresh italian parsley, chopped
  • 300 g fresh asparagus, trimmed
  • 750 ml chicken stock
  • 200 ml heavy cream

  • Recipe preparation steps

  • 1
    Separate asparagus tips from stalks. Boil both in 1 cup water with dash of salt until just tender. Remove and cool in cold water. Drain and set aside. Process asparagus stalks and cooking water in a food processor and strain.
  • 2
    Add broth to asparagus purée, mix and simmer for 15 minutes to reduce
  • 3
    In a separate sauce pan, melt butter and mix with flour. Slowly add 3 to 4 ladle–fulls of asparagus broth to roux to thin it.
  • 4
    Remove from heat and add salt, pepper and nutmeg. Mix cream and egg yolk; whisk into soup.
  • 5
    Just before serving, return to heat and bring just to a boil. Remove from heat; add parsley and reserved asparagus tips.
  • Ready !



 

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