Appetizers / Soups / Salads

Lemon Asparagus Soup is for Dinner.

Lemon Asparagus Soup takes 30 minutes to prepare.

Lemon Asparagus Soup takes 30 minutes to cook.

Lemon Asparagus Soup makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Lemon Asparagus Soup are:

4 cups of chicken or vegetable stock
1 pound of asparagus, 4 thick tips reserved (cut them 3 inches long)
1 potato, cut up
1/2 lemon, with 6 delicate curls cut from the rind
1/2 teaspoon of dried thyme
1 egg yolk, beaten with a little cream or milk
salt and pepper to taste

Here is how you make Lemon Asparagus Soup:

Bring stock to a boil, add the asparagus stalks, potato, and 2 curls of lemon rind, minced fine--and cook til tender.Puree the soup, then strain. Reheat, then add the thyme by rubbing it to a powder between your hands. Beat in the egg yolk and cream and heat until thickened; season to taste. Add asparagus tips and cook until tender, 3-5 minutes--then remove and slice up to 2 inches from the bottom into thin slices lengthwise. Ladle the soup into four bowls, then top each with an asparagus tip that has been spread decoratively and a lemon rind curl.Makes 4 servingsNumber of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JEREMIAHSMOM.

The nutritional information for Lemon Asparagus Soup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 201.7

• Total Fat: 4.5 g
• Cholesterol: 59.0 mg
• Sodium: 935.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 31.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 5.1 g
• Protein: 11.3 g