Roasted Green Asparagus Soup
Green asparagus may seem less popular than the white variety, but they are just as healthy and delicious. Plus, you don't need to peel green asparagus. For this soup, first roast them briefly in the oven with red onion and garlic. The resulting aromas give the soup a deliciously intense flavour.
This recipe is from The Blender Book by Nora French.
Ingredients
For 4 servings:
3 red onions
700 g green asparagus
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
4 cloves of garlic with skin
1 tsp salt
Topping:
100 g smoked wild salmon
pinch of pepper
balsamic vinegar
Preparation
1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and line a baking tray with baking paper.
2. Peel and quarter the onions. Remove the bottom of the asparagus and cut into pieces. Divide together with the onions and garlic on the baking tray and drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
3. Roast in the oven for 15 minutes.
4. Remove the baking tray from the oven. Peel the garlic cloves and put them together with the asparagus (save some asparagus pieces for decoration), onions and salt in a blender.
5. Add 600 ml of boiling water and blend.
6. Serve the soup with the asparagus pieces, smoked salmon, pinch of pepper and drizzle with balsamic vinegar.
Enjoy!
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