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Category: Appetizer
Asparagus soup with gruyere on toast - TastyPlanner.com
Chef: Ris Davis
What The delicate, earthy flavours of the asparagus fem, also known as ·sparrow grass·, are only revealed by cooking away the crispness. Whether green, purple, white or wild, the vegetable’s sweetness relies on how fresh the spears are. So if you can’t snap them from your own patch, buy local and only in spring.
Choose Glossy straight spears of even thickness with tight tips that form a point and show no signs of seeding.
Store Wrap in damp paper towel, then plastic. and refrigerate. They’ll keep for several days but the flavour will slowly fade away.
Try Thin spears tossed through linguine with slivers of garlic and anchovies, or thick spears peeled halfway down, blanched, then crumbed with grated parmesan and pan~fried.
Recipe Source: The Sydney Magazine
Ingredients
500g asparagus
2 Cloves Garlic
100g butter
1 small potato
750ml light chicken or vegetable stock
1 large thyme srpig
1 bay leaf
1 handful parsley, washed
olive oil
pepper
salt
gruyere cheese
bread, sliced
Instructions
Snap bite~sized tips (and save) from 500g asparagus, then slice stalks. Trim, slice, then wash 2 leeks. Peel then smash 2 cloves garlic. Peel and chop 1 smatl potato. Melt 100g butter in a pot, then sweat leeks and garlic for several minutes until tender. Add 750mL light chicken or vegetable stock, a large thyme sprig, 1 bay leaf and chopped potato. Simmer for 20 minutes until tender. Add sliced asparagus, then boil for 5 minutes. Remove bay-leaf and thyme then puree in a blender until smooth with 1 handful washed parsley. Pass through a sieve and season with salt and pepper. Cook saved asparagus tips in salted water until tender then gloss with olive oil and season. Toast slices of bread under a grill, cover with slices of gruyere cheese and melt. Ladle soup into warm bowls, scatter with glazed tips and serve with toast.
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