Asparagus Soup
Ingredients:
| 3 Tbs. | Butter |
| 3 Tbs. | Flour |
| 3 c. | Chicken stock |
| 20oz | Asparagus |
| To taste | Salt and pepper |
| 1 tsp. | Chive, minced |
| To taste | Cream 35% |
| A few | Asparagus heads |
Instructions:
- In a frying pan, melt butter and add flour.
- Let cook for 2 minutes.
- Sprinkle with chicken stock, and mix well.
- Add the asparagus; season with salt, pepper and chive. Stimmer for 20 minutes.
- Blend in blender or food processor.
- Pour in each bowl and add a few drops of cream.
- Top with heads of asparagus and serve.
Yield: around 6 cups.
Les Cercles des Fermières du Québec. Qu'est-ce qu'on mange? Les Cercles des Fermières du Québec, Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1989, p. 433.
