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🍽️ Creamy Asparagus Soup

458 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 750 g asparagus
• 1 onion
• 2 tbsp butter
• 750 ml poultry broth
• 1 cup whipping cream (min. 30% fat content)
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• lemon juice
• 250 g cooked ham (in strips)
• 0.5 bunch chives

Instructions

1. 1. Peel the asparagus.
2. 2. Cut the asparagus into pieces about 3 centimeters long.
3. 3. Set aside the tender asparagus tips.
4. 4. Peel the onion.
5. 5. Dice the onion.
6. 6. Heat butter in a large pot over medium heat.
7. 7. Sauté the onion cubes until translucent.
8. 8. Add the asparagus pieces to the onion.
9. 9. Sauté the asparagus pieces briefly.
10. 10. Deglaze the mixture with the poultry broth.
11. 11. Let the soup simmer for about 20 minutes.
12. 12. Puree the soup mixture in a blender.
13. 13. Pass the pureed soup through a fine sieve back into the pot.
14. 14. Stir in half of the cream.
15. 15. Bring the soup to a boil.
16. 16. Season the soup with salt.
17. 17. Season the soup with pepper.
18. 18. Season the soup with lemon juice.
19. 19. Add the ham strips to the hot soup.
20. 20. Add the reserved asparagus tips to the hot soup.
21. 21. Let the ingredients steep in the hot soup for 5 minutes.
22. 22. Wash the chives.
23. 23. Shake the chives dry.
24. 24. Cut the chives into small rings.
25. 25. Whip the remaining cream until stiff.
26. 26. Gently fold the whipped cream into the soup.
27. 27. Divide the soup onto plates.
28. 28. Garnish the soup with the fresh chives.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 458
• Protein: 30 g · Fett/Fat: 34 g · Carbs: 8 g