for 4 person

Asparagus tips

1 kg	white asparagus, peeled
1 tbsp	butter

Soup

1 tbsp	butter
2	shallots, chopped
2 pinch	sugar
3 tbsp	white flour
8 dl	vegetable bouillon
2 dl	full cream
	salt and pepper to taste
2 tbsp	chives, roughly chopped

Crispy bacon

8 slice

bacon

How it's done

Asparagus tips

Trim the asparagus tips to approx. 4 cm (set aside the ends for the soup). Heat the butter in a frying pan, sauté the asparagus tips for approx. 6 mins. until just soft, then keep warm.

Soup

Heat the butter in a pan. Sauté the shallots, reserved asparagus ends and sugar for approx. 5 mins. Add the flour and cook for approx. 2 mins. Pour in the stock, bring to the boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer for approx 15 mins. until soft, blend and pass through a sieve. Add the cream, heat up the soup, season. Plate up the soup, garnish with the crispy bacon and chives.

Serve the asparagus tips alongside.

Crispy bacon

Gently fry the bacon in a frying pan over a medium heat until crispy, then drain on kitchen paper.

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