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🍽️ Creamy Asparagus Soup with Crispy Spears

445 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 500 g white asparagus
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 20 g butter
• 30 g flour
• 100 ml heavy cream
• pepper
• 200 g green asparagus
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tsp pink peppercorns
• coarse Himalayan salt (for serving)
• 100 g feta cheese
• 8 slices multigrain baguette
• 1 handful lemon thyme

Instructions

1. 1. Wash the asparagus thoroughly.
2. 2. Peel the asparagus carefully.
3. 3. Cut off the woody lower ends.
4. 4. Save the peels for the soup.
5. 5. Put 1 liter of water into a pot.
6. 6. Add lemon juice, sugar, and salt to the water.
7. 7. Bring the liquid to a boil.
8. 8. Add the asparagus stalks and the peels to the boiling water.
9. 9. Let everything simmer for 20 minutes.
10. 10. Pour the cooking water through a sieve.
11. 11. Catch the clear water in a container.
12. 12. Discard the asparagus peels.
13. 13. Cut the cooked asparagus stalks into coarse pieces.
14. 14. Melt butter in a pot.
15. 15. Stir flour into the melted butter.
16. 16. Pour in the saved asparagus water.
17. 17. Add the asparagus pieces to the soup.
18. 18. Puree the soup until smooth.
19. 19. Optionally strain the soup through a fine sieve.
20. 20. Add cream to the soup.
21. 21. Season with salt and pepper.
22. 22. Wash the green asparagus.
23. 23. Cut off the woody ends.
24. 24. Halve the stalks lengthwise.
25. 25. Cut the asparagus halves into pieces.
26. 26. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a pan.
27. 27. Fry the asparagus in it.
28. 28. Turn the asparagus occasionally.
29. 29. Fry for 2 to 3 minutes.
30. 30. Crush peppercorns slightly in a mortar.
31. 31. Add the peppercorns to the asparagus.
32. 32. Season with Himalayan salt.
33. 33. Crumble feta cheese.
34. 34. Place 2 slices of bread in each bowl.
35. 35. Pour the soup over the bread.
36. 36. Sprinkle some feta on top.
37. 37. Place the fried asparagus pieces on top.
38. 38. Garnish with thyme.
39. 39. Drizzle with some leftover oil.
40. 40. Serve the soup hot.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 445
• Protein: 12 g · Fett/Fat: 29 g · Carbs: 34 g