Asparagus Soup Recipes

If you grow your own asparagus in season when you are eating asparagus on a regular basis you can keep the ends that you cut off and potentially waste. Gather a few days supply in the fridge then make some soup. Very economical.

You could then freeze your soup for after the season has finished.

Alternatively, if you are busy, freeze the offcuts and then defrost them to use later in the year to make one of these delicious soups.

Because I know lots of my visitors are interested in a variety of "different" food ideas you might also like to try Rhubarb Soup sometime!

In the meantime here are those healthy recipes:

Cream of Asparagus Soup

Ingredients:

1 lb (.5 kg) fresh asparagus

225ml (1 cup) whipping cream

700ml (3 cups)chicken stock

2 tsp (10 ml) butter

1/4 cup (60 ml) chopped onions

1 stick of celery cut in half

1 medium - large carrot cut in half lengthwise

2 tsp (10 ml) flour

Salt & pepper to taste

Directions:

Chop asparagus into pieces and place along with celery and carrots in a pan just covered in water.

Bring to the boil and simmer until the asparagus is soft

Remove celery and carrots and discard

Note how much aspargus water there is then

Place asparagus with the water in a food processor or blender and process until pureed.

Saute onions in 2tsp butter or olive oil in a deep frying pan

Meanwhile bring the chicken stock to the boil

Sprinkle on about 2 tsp flour

Deduct the volume of asparagus water you have from the chicken stock and discard. eg if you had 200ml of asparagus water only use 700-200 = 500 ml of chicken stock

Gradually add a little of the hot chicken stock stirring as you go

The flour will swell, blend it in with the stock gradually adding more and more of the stock

Pour the stock mixture into a deep pan and add the pureed asparagus.

Bring to the boil and simmer

You can leave it like this until you are ready to serve

Just before you serve bring the whole lot to the boil again

Switch off the heat and slowly mix in the cream

Adjust seasoning and serve immediately

Chilled Asparagus Soup

Ingredients:

1 lb asparagus ends

3/4 lb asparagus spears with ends cut off

1/2 small onion, 1 medium carrot and a stick of celery(celery not essential)

1 small leek

8 fl ozs (450ml)chicken stock

Knob of butter

4fl oz (225ml) creme fraiche or yoghurt

Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions:

Simmer woody ends, onion, carrot, celery and chicken stock for about an hour.

Strain or pick out solids with a slotted spoon.

Chop the leeks and asparagus using only the white of the leek

Saute the chopped vegetables in butter until leeks go soft and see through.

Add the cooked vegetables to the stock and simmer for about 5 minutes.

Remove from heat and allow to cool.

Puree soup in a blender, food processor or with an immersion blender. Season to taste.

Place in the fridge until ready to eat.

Add a final swirl of cream or creme fraiche and serve with melba toast or crutons.

Asparagus & Courgette Soup

Try it yourself and don't worry if you don't have all the ingredients you will just come up with another variation!!!

Ingredients:

1 lb asparagus ends

1/4 lb asparagus spears with ends cut off

1 medium sized courgette

1 small onion, 1 medium carrot and a stick of celery

8 fl ozs (450ml)chicken stock

Olive oil

4fl oz (225ml) creme fraiche or yoghurt

Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions:

Simmer woody ends, 1/2 the onion, celery and chicken stock for about 1/2 an hour.

Strain or pick out solids with a slotted spoon.

Chop the other half of the onion, the carrot and the asparagus.

Saute the chopped vegetables in olive oil until lightly golden.

Add the cooked vegetables to the stock and simmer for about 5 minutes.

Remove from heat and allow to cool.

Puree soup in a blender, food processor or with an immersion blender. Season to taste.

Place in the fridge until ready to eat.

Add a final swirl of cream or creme fraiche and serve with melba toast or crutons.

You can serve this soup hot as well as cold, perhaps try it with crusty bread.

Other soup recipes on this site include Quick Leftovers Soup with Canned Green Asparagus

More soup recipes coming soon.....

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