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🍽️ Creamy Asparagus Soup with Ham

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 and cut it into pieces about 3 centimeters long.
2. 2. Set the tender asparagus tips aside separately.
3. 3. Peel the onion and dice it into small cubes.
4. 4. Heat butter in a large pot over medium heat.
5. 5. Sauté the onion cubes until they become translucent.
6. 6. Add the asparagus pieces (without the tips) to the onion mixture.
7. 7. Fry the asparagus pieces briefly together.
8. 8. Deglaze the vegetables with the poultry broth.
9. 9. Let the soup simmer for about 20 minutes.
10. 10. Then puree the soup finely with a blender.
11. 11. Pour the mixture through a fine sieve into a clean pot.
12. 12. Stir half of the cream into the hot soup.
13. 13. Let the soup come to a brief boil.
14. 14. Season the soup to taste with salt, pepper, and lemon juice.
15. 15. Add the ham strips and the reserved asparagus tips to the soup.
16. 16. Let the ingredients steep in the hot soup for about 5 minutes.
17. 17. Wash the chives and shake them dry.
18. 18. Cut the chives into fine rings.
19. 19. Whip the remaining cream until stiff.
20. 20. Gently fold the whipped cream into the soup just before serving.
21. 21. Distribute the soup onto the plates.
22. 22. Garnish the plates with the chive rings.

Nutrition per serving

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