Traditional German Creamy White Asparagus Soup makes a perfect starter for any meal! The soup is exceptionally delicious and has a very light taste. Along with cream blob and fresh chives, it’s one of the most popular dishes in the white asparagus season.
The soup base is asparagus broth (the water in which you cooked the white asparagus) and white roux, giving the soup a rich texture.
To prepare white asparagus stock, cook 1kg for about 10 minutes in 3 litres of boiling water. It might get bitter if you cook the white asparagus too long, so be careful! Please check this post to learn how to cook white asparagus like a German: Ultimate Guide to Cooking White Asparagus.
Traditional German White Asparagus Cream Soup Recipe
EQUIPMENT
INGREDIENTS
Roux
- 180 gram butter
- 150 gram flour all-purpose
- 3 liter white asparagus stock
Finish
- 200 mililiter cream
- 250 gram white asparagus cut into 1 cm cubes
- 1 tablespoon salt or how much you like
- 0,5 teaspoon black pepper
- sugar white, optional
- wine white, optional
- 3 tablespoons chives chopped
- 50 ml whipped cream
INSTRUCTIONS
Prepare the white roux
- Melt butter in a large pot on medium heat.
- Add flour and stir vigorously while it bubbles. Cook for about 5 minutes. If it browns too fast reduce the heat.
Make a soup
- Turn heat to low and add a little bit of the white asparagus stock very slowly. While adding the white asparagus stock continue stirring.
- As soon as you have added more than 1/3 of the white asparagus stock, you can pour the rest of it inside the pan, stir and wait until the soup starts cooking. Make sure you stir the soup every 1-2- minutes.
- Add cream and stir once again.
- Season the soup with salt and pepper. You can add sugar and wine, if the soup tastes too bland for you.
- Place 1 tablespoon of white asparagus cubes in the bowl and pour 200 ml of soup over it.
- Serve hot. Garnish with whipped cream and chives.
- You can keep the soup in the fridge for 3 days or freeze it.
NOTES
The prepare white asparagus stock you need to cook 1kg of white asparagus for about 10 minutes in 3l boiling water. If you cook the white asparagus too long, it might get bitter, so be careful with that! Please check this post to find out how to cook white asparagus like a German: Ultimate Guide to cooking white asparagus.
