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🍽️ Creamy Asparagus Soup with Cheese Baguette
505 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 250 g green asparagus
- 250 g white asparagus
- vegetable broth (to top up)
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp flour
- 100 ml dry white wine
- 1 egg yolk
- 3 tbsp whipping cream
- salt
- nutmeg (freshly grated)
- 1 baguette
- 200 g Gorgonzola
- 4 rosemary sprigs
Instructions
- 1. Peel the bottom three centimeters of the green asparagus.
- 2. Remove the skin from the white asparagus completely.
- 3. Place all the removed peels into a pot.
- 4. Cover the peels with water.
- 5. Let the broth simmer gently for about ten minutes with the lid on.
- 6. Strain the liquid and collect the water.
- 7. Cut the white and green asparagus into two to three centimeter long pieces.
- 8. Place the asparagus pieces into the hot broth.
- 9. Let the asparagus steep in the broth for about ten minutes.
- 10. Remove the asparagus from the pot.
- 11. Let the asparagus drain.
- 12. Top up the asparagus broth to 800 milliliters or measure it out.
- 13. Melt the butter in a pot.
- 14. Stir the flour into the butter.
- 15. Let the mixture sweat slightly.
- 16. Deglaze the pot with the wine.
- 17. Pour in the asparagus broth.
- 18. Stir everything well to prevent lumps.
- 19. Simmer the soup over medium heat for about ten minutes.
- 20. Mix the egg yolk with three tablespoons of cream.
- 21. Stir the egg yolk and cream mixture into the removed soup.
- 22. Season the soup with salt and nutmeg.
- 23. Add the asparagus pieces back into the soup.
- 24. Let the asparagus pieces warm through briefly in the soup.
- 25. Slice the baguette.
- 26. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
- 27. Toast the baguette slices in the hot oven on both sides.
- 28. Remove the slices from the oven.
- 29. Let the slices cool down.
- 30. Top the slices with Gorgonzola.
- 31. Sprinkle the slices with rosemary.
- 32. Divide the soup among plates.
- 33. Serve the soup with the cheese baguettes.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 505
- Protein: 15 g · Fett/Fat: 27 g · Carbs: 48 g