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Asparagus soup à la Orange

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 1 liter stock (asparagus stock)
  • 100 ml sweet cream
  • 1 orange(s)
  • 2 leaves of sorrel
  • 2 stalk(s) white asparagus, cut into thin slices
  • some lemon juice
  • 1 pinch(s) of sugar
  • salt and pepper
  • some flour
  • some margarine

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 15 minutes

the very special taste experience

Make a roux from margarine and flour. Deglaze with the asparagus stock (made from asparagus peels cooked with salt, lemon, and sugar) and bring to a boil. Add the sweet cream and the asparagus pieces and simmer briefly. Halve the orange. Squeeze one half and fillet the flesh from the other half. Add the juice and flesh to the soup. Cut the sorrel leaves into very thin strips and add to the soup. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and lemon juice.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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