Asparagus Soup With Orange Creme Fraiche

Recipe Ingredients

		Orange Creme Fraiche
1/2 cup	118ml	Creme fraiche
2 tablespoons	30ml	Fresh orange juice
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Minced orange peel
		Soup
3 lbs	1362g / 48oz	Asparagus
5 cups	1185ml	Hot vegetable broth
1 tablespoon	15ml	Light olive oil
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	Yellow onion - sliced thin
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground white pepper - to taste
1		Baking potato - peeled, sliced
1/4 cup	59ml	Fresh orange juice

Recipe Instructions

Orange Creme Fraiche: Combine creme fraiche, orange juice and orange peel. (Makes about 1/2 cup)

Soup: Break off woody ends of asparagus and add them to vegetable stock. Cut remaining asparagus on diagonal into 2-inch pieces.

Heat olive oil in soup pot and add onion, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pinch pepper. Saute over medium heat until onion is soft, about 5 minutes. Add potato and 1 cup vegetable broth, cover and cook until potato is soft, about 10 minutes.

Reserve 1/2 cup asparagus tips for garnish and add rest to soup with 1/2 teaspoon salt and remaining 4 cups vegetable broth. Cook uncovered over medium heat until asparagus is tender, about 15 minutes.

Puree soup in blender or food processor, return to pot and add orange juice. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Bring lightly salted water to boil, add reserved asparagus tips and cook until just tender, about 1 1/2 minutes. Rinse under cold water to stop cooking unless soup is to be served immediately. Garnish each serving with few asparagus tips and swirl of Orange Creme Fraiche.

Source:
"Lynn Thomas on the http://www.prodigy.net Food BB"

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