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Asparagus soup with a hint of Lemongrass
Posted by Jayne in Paleo, Soup, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Whole30 on May 2, 2014
Spring is here! Actually it’s been here for a while, the earliest blossom has finished and almost all of the trees have their leaves. We have even had some lovely sunny days. However, to me, a sure sign of spring is when British asparagus arrive. I got my first bunch last week, exciting times!
Wherever your asparagus comes from this soup is a quick way to enjoy them. I had seen an asparagus soup recipe with a Thai theme and I still may try that one but for the first asparagus of the season I wanted the asparagus to be the star of the show. So this soup has just a few ingredients, asparagus with a little onion, a waft of garlic and a hint of lemon grass. Its light and fresh, clean eating at its best.
Asparagus soup with a hint of Lemongrass
ingredients
- 1 bunch of asparagus
- 1 small onion
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 clove of garlic, peeled but left whole
- 1 stalk of lemongrass
- 500 ml vegetable stock
method
- Prepare the asparagus by washing, snapping the woody ends off and chopping. Dice the onion and peel the garlic, leaving it whole.
- Heat the olive oil in a saucepan, add the onion and whole garlic clove and sauté until softened.
- Remove the garlic clove and add the asparagus. Stir to coat in the oil and sauté for a couple of minutes.
- Peel off the outer layer of lemongrass and bash the stalk firmly with a wooden spoon to bruise it and slightly split it to release its flavour. Add to the asparagus and onion,
- Add the vegetable stock to the pan and simmer for 10 minutes, until the thickest asparagus are softened.
- Remove the lemongrass and purée the soup, I use a blender but an immersion blender would be fine. Purée until smooth.
- Season with salt and pepper and serve.
Recipe testing Lemon and Asaragus cous cous
Posted by Jayne in Uncategorized on January 23, 2011
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