CREAMY ASPARAGUS SOUP WITH ACCOMPANIMENTS!

Creamy Asparagus Soup with extras!

Shhhh, don’t tell anyone…but I am working on a little project on the side…only in my spare time of course! With wintery mornings being the go down under, (particularly in Perth it would appear) I thought a heart warming soup would therefore go a long way just now. And it won’t hurt to add it to the file on my work desktop labelled ‘Souper Bowl’. But you didn’t hear it from me folks.

With apologies for the ‘dismal-night time-old camera-not lit-yes I took the pic’ photo…the recipe will make up for it! Promise!

NEED:

50g EVOO

150-200g cauliflower

Juice 1 lemon

Salt and pepper to taste

1 leek chopped and cleaned extremely well

2 bunches asparagus topped and tailed (reserve tops)

700g stock (I used chicken)

150g cream

EVOO to drizzle

Stracchino cheese to taste, sliced

DO:

Place EVOO, cauliflower, lemon juice and seasoning into Thermomix bowl and blend for 2 minutes on speed 8, stopping to scrape down sides of bowl periodically. Set aside.

Without cleaning bowl, add leek and chop for 3-4 seconds on speed 7. Saute for 2 minutes at Varoma temperature on speed 1.

Add asparagus and stock to Thermomix bowl. Meanwhile, place asparagus tops into Varoma dish. Set Varoma into position and with dial set to closed lid position, cook for 15 minutes at Varoma temperature on speed 1.5.

Add cream to Thermomix bowl and puree for 15 seconds on speed 8-9. Adjust seasoning to taste.

Serve with Cauliflower cream, asparagus tips, Stracchino  slices and additional EVOO.

It goes without saying that a loaf of crusty bread is the perfect partner…so hit the Bread section on here and choose away.