Asparagus soup

Asparagus has been cheap lately so i bought some to make asparagus soup some days ago =D

The recipe i use i found in this book, and i have been making it many times! I make half of the recipe normally.

So heres the recipe. Credits goes to the author of the recipe ^.^


Asparagus soup

4 portions
450 g asparagus
3 tablespoons butter
6 shallots in slices (or normal onion)
1 tablespoon flour
6 dl vegetable stock or water
1 ss lemon juice
2,5 dl vegetable milk
1,25 dl vegetable cream (or just more milk, this is what i do =p)
Salt and pepper

Method:
Melt butter (or oil) and fry the onion for 2-3 minutes until its soft. Chop the asparagus, if you want the soup to look more "pro" (with decoration; like on the pic in the book) you can cut off the top and save it for later, but this is not necessary (i normally just use all in the soup). Add the asparagus in the soup and stir for about 1 minute. Add in flour and stir it for another minute. Add the stock along with lemon juice, and taste with salt and pepper. Let it boil for 15-20 minutes until the asparagus is tender. Cool down the soup a bit, then run it in a food processor. Put the soup back in the pan (you can sift out the pieces if you want that) and add with milk and cream and warm the soup, without it boiling. If you wanted the decorative tops of the asparagus, then melt the butter and fry the tops for 3-4 minutes until they are tender, and add them in the soup.

Enjoy ;)