Asparagus Soup Recipe

Asparagus soup recipe makes up into an elegant simple to make soup. When using fresh asparagus and a great vegetable or chicken stock, you will be creating something that will provide good nutrition to your family. You can find these stocks using the navigation menu to the left and scrolling down to soup stocks,

This asparagus soup recipe is chock full on wonderful nutrients like foliate which is the B vitamin that is known for preventing heart disease. This recipe will serve 6, but there is no reason you cannot make more to have leftovers later, or store in the freezer for as long as three months. There is nothing wrong with cooking once and serving twice or three times.

Speaking of saving time, and that is just what we were doing with the suggestion of cooking up enough to freeze, this soup will take less than an hour from start to table. How lovely is that for a busy family?

When you are pureeing in a blender of food processor, be sure to only fill the container about half full to prevent it from overflowing during processing. Heat builds up in closed containers and can cause them to explode.

2 pounds asparagus (trimmed)

1 tsp butter

1 tbsp oil

2 leeks pale green and white parts only (rinsed and finely chopped)

1/2 onion (finely chopped)

2 garlic cloves (minced)

3 tbsp long-grain white rice

5 cups vegetable or chicken stock

1/2 tsp dried tarragon (crumbled)

salt and pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS

1. Slice tips from asparagus. In a medium sauce pan, blanch in boiling water for 1 minute, drain and coarsely chop remaining asparagus.

2. melt butter and oil in a large sauce pan over medium heat. Add leeks, onion, and garlic and cook for 5 minutes or until softened. Add chopped asparagus and cook, covered, for 10 minutes.

3. Add rice, stock and salt and pepper bring to a boil, then reduce and simmer for 30 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.

4. In batches to a food processor or blender puree until smooth return to pan, stir in tarragon and asparagus tips and simmer for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and serve.

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