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Ingredients
for
4
Asparagus Bisque with Soft Cheese
1 hr, ready in 1 hr 15 min.
Time:
548
calories
Calories:
Health Score:
68 / 100
Ingredientsfor
- Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp sugar
- 4 ½ cups white Asparagus (peeled, woody ends removed)
- 1 ½ Tbsps butter
- 3 Tbsps all-purpose flour
- ⅜ cup cream
- 4 Tbsps olive oil
- 1 ¾ cups green Asparagus (halved lengthways and cut into bite-sized pieces)
- 2 tsps pink peppercorns (crushed lightly in a mortar)
- Himalayan salt
- 8 slices whole-wheat Baguette
- 1 cup Feta (crumbled)
- 1 handful Lemon thyme
Preparation
1.
Bring 1 l of water to the boil with the lemon juice, sugar and 1 tsp salt. Add the white asparagus and peelings and boil for around 10 minutes. Drain through a sieve and reserve the cooking water. Chop the asparagus into large chunks and discard the peel.
2.
In a separate pan, melt the butter, stir in the flour and mix in the asparagus cooking water. Add the cooked asparagus and blend to a fine purée. Pass through a sieve if desired. Stir in the cream and season to taste with salt and ground black pepper.
3.
Heat 2 tbsp oil in a frying pan and fry the asparagus pieces for 2-3 minutes, stirring. Add the crushed peppercorns and season with Himalaya salt.
4.
Divide the soup between bowls. Top each bowl with 2 slices of baguette, a little feta, fried asparagus and thyme. Drizzle with the remaining oil and serve.
Nutritional values
1 serving contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
Calorie | 548 cal. | (26 %) | ||
Protein | 21 g | (21 %) | ||
Fat | 35 g | (30 %) | ||
Carbohydrates | 36 g | (24 %) | ||
Sugar added | 2 g | (8 %) | ||
Roughage | 6.9 g | (23 %) |