Roasted Asparagus Soup Recipes

PAN-ROASTED ASPARAGUS SOUP

Steps:

• Break off bottom part of each asparagus stalk, and discard. Coarsely chop the rest of stalks, leaving 12 or 16 of the flower ends whole. Put butter or oil in a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat. A minute later, add asparagus and tarragon, raise heat to high, and cook, stirring occasionally, until nicely browned, about 10 minutes. Remove whole flower ends; set aside.
• Add stock and some salt and pepper; bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until asparagus is very tender, about 10 minutes. Cool at least a few minutes.
• Pour soup into a blender, in batches if necessary, and carefully purée. Return to pan, and, over medium-low heat, reheat gently. When soup is hot, adjust seasoning. Put 3 or 4 asparagus flower ends in each of 4 bowls; ladle in soup, and serve.

ROASTED ASPARAGUS SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450oF. Trim root ends and tops from green onions. Cut into 1-inch lengths. Place the green onion, garlic, and onion wedges in an even layer in a shallow roasting pan. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt. Place the asparagus in another pan, drizzle vegetables with olive oil and sprinkle with Cajun seasoning (more or less to your taste). Roast both pans, uncovered, for 15 to 20 minutes or until vegetables are charred and tender. Reserve some of the charred asparagus tips to cut up and throw into the soup at the end. Place half of the rest of the roasted vegetables in a food processor or blender. Add half a can of broth. Cover; process or blend until smooth. Transfer to a large saucepan. Repeat with remaining vegetables, and half a can broth. Stir in remaining can of broth. Heat through. Mash up the potatoes and add to the saucepan if desired. Stir in the parmesan cheese until melted in. Stir in cream. Taste and add more Cajun seasoning and/or salt if needed. Toss in chopped up reserved asparagus tips. Can make ahead and serve the next day if you like. In fact I think it helps the flavors blend. To serve, ladle soup into bowls and optionally top with croutons.

ROASTED ASPARAGUS SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450*F.
• Trim root ends from green onions.
• Cut white parts into 1-inch lengths.
• Cut green tops into 1-inch lengths and reserve.
• Place the white parts, asparagus, and onion wedges in an even layer in a shallow large roasting pan.
• Drizzle vegetables with olive oil.
• Roast, uncovered, for 15 to 20 minutes or until vegetables are charred and tender.
• Place half of the roasted vegetables in a food processor or blender.
• Add half a can of broth.
• Cover; process or blend until smooth.
• Transfer to a large saucepan.
• Repeat with remaining asparagus, onion wedges, and half a can broth.
• Stir in remaining can of broth, salt, and pepper.
• Heat through.
• Stir in half-and-half and snipped fresh dill.
• To serve, ladle soup into bowls.
• Top with reserved green sections of onoion and dill sprigs.
• Makes 6 servings.
• Enjoy!

OVEN-ROASTED ASPARAGUS

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Place the asparagus into a mixing bowl, and drizzle with the olive oil. Toss to coat the spears, then sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, garlic, salt, and pepper. Arrange the asparagus onto a baking sheet in a single layer.
• Bake in the preheated oven until just tender, 12 to 15 minutes depending on thickness. Sprinkle with lemon juice just before serving.

ROASTED ASPARAGUS AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Remove hard ends of asparagus. Preferably this is done by grabbing each end of your asparagus and bending it until it breaks. It should naturally break where it's tough.
• Boil asparagus ends (normally they'd be tossed) and potatoes in vegetable stock and water as necessary to cover everything until potatoes are nearly done, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, remove tips of half of your asparagus. Toss all asparagus (and tips) in olive oil and all seasonings, and broil on high for 20 minutes, tossing regularly to prevent burning. Remove when some browning all over. If you think you've overdone it, just taste one before throwing. The asparagus carmelizes fast and may look burned when it's still fine. Firmness will vary with thickness of asparagus.
• Remove potatoes and asparagus ends from liquid. Toss asparagus ends. Add roasted asparagus, but reserve tips. Peel potatoes and chunk before adding back to pot. Chunk up potatoes to make blending easier.
• Continue to boil at high for 5 minutes or until potatoes are fully cooked.
• Blend in batches or with wand blender.
• Return to heat, add half of asparagus tips and let cook for another 10 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning. Add water if too thick.
• Remove from heat, and add cheese. If using a microplane to grate your hard cheese, use about 1 cup of loosely packed cheese.
• Serve with a few asparagus tips added to top of each serving.

CREAMY ROASTED ASPARAGUS SOUP

Steps:

• To prep asparagus, rinse thouroughly and snap off dry ends of stalks or your soup will be grainy and gross. Roughly chop stalks, leaving about 1" left of the tops where the leaves are. Separate these tips for later use.
• Melt butter in heavy bottomed stock pot or dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• Chop raw bacon into 1" sections, add to melted butter and sautee until starting to brown.
• Add the chopped asparagus, leaving tips out. Stir occasionally until asparagus starts to brown a fair amount.
• Once browned reduce heat to medium then pour in chicken base, milk, soup, water and seasonings. Bring to simmer stirring until smooth. Puree with immersion blender or in regular blender in batches.
• Once smooth, stir cornstarch in with a few tablespoons of water until smooth, stir into the simmering soup. Mix in the florets set aside earlier.
• Simmer for 10-15 minutes until asparagus tips have softened.