Asparagus is in season! Welcome in the spring with this gorgeously tasty and creamy (and vegan!) asparagus soup.
I am really loving how taking on our allotment and learning so much about growing our own is teaching us more about eating seasonally. I really like asparagus and I think the relatively short period it is available for each year makes it even more appetising. As soon as I spotted asparagus on the supermarket shelf I started daydreaming of asparagus soup, one of my favourite soups – it’s so green and full of goodness without feeling heavy like a winter soup!
Hope you enjoy this, and I hope we might be able to grow some of our own and make this with home grown asparagus in the next few years (apparently the plants take a couple of years to establish)!
L x
Asparagus Soup Recipe
Ingredients:
- A glug of oilive oil
- 350g asparagus spears (woody ends removed, stalks chopped and enough tips reserved to garnish with 2 or 3 per bowl)
- 2 small onions, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 large handfuls spinach
- 700ml vegetable stock
- Salt and pepper
Directions:
- Add the olive oil, onions, garlic and asparagus stalks to a large saucepan and cook over a medium heat for 10 minutes or so, until softened.
- Add the stock and spinach, bring to the boil and simmer for a further 5-10 minutes until the asparagus is completely soft when you press a fork into it.
- Blend with a hand blender and season to taste.
- Fry up the reserved asparagus tips in a little olive oil / or butter and serve on top of the soup. I drizzled my soup with a little bit of olive oil and sprinkled on some black pepper, but it’d be lovely with a swirl of soya / cashew cream too.
