Cream of Asparagus Soup

Name: Cream of Asparagus Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 800g asparagus, trimmed; 1 onion, diced; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 800ml vegetable stock; 1/2 cup cream or crème fraiche; 3 tbsp butter; zest of 1 lemon; salt and white pepper to taste; asparagus tips, cream and lemon to garnish

An elegant British spring soup with fresh asparagus and crème fraîche. Reserving and blanching a few asparagus tips separately for garnish gives the smooth soup a contrasting bite of texture on top.

Total time

30 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

British

vegetarian

Ingredients

800gasparagus, trimmed

1onion, diced

2 clovesgarlic, minced

800mlvegetable stock

1/2 cupcream or crème fraiche

3 tbspbutter

zest of 1lemon

salt and white pepperto taste

asparagus tips, cream and lemonto garnish

Instructions

Reserve a few asparagus tips for garnish. Roughly chop the rest.

Sauté onion and garlic in butter 5 minutes.

Add asparagus and stock. Simmer 15 minutes.

Blend smooth. Add cream and lemon zest.

Blanch reserved tips. Season soup. Garnish.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

142

Protein

5.9g

Fat

9.1g

Carbs

13.4g

Fiber

5.1g

Sodium

767mg

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