Quick to prepare, this Creamy Roasted Asparagus Soup is one of my favorite roasted asparagus recipes!
Creamy Roasted Asparagus Soup Recipe
You can tell I love creamy soups, right? I think except for Mexican Caldo Tlalpeno soup, my blog has just creamy, silky soups recipes. There is a good explanation for this. As a child, I was really picky when it came to food. Ok, picky would be a nice term. I was a nightmare 🙂 One of my biggest problems was eating boiled vegetables from a soup. I absolutely hated them and I still dislike them even today. I don’t like the texture of boiled vegetables, what can I say…So, making a creamy soup is the trick to eat those vegetables! I should probably set a page just for creamy soups…
Today, I made Roasted Creamy Asparagus Soup. I wanted a light, refreshing soup, as it has been so hot here in Philly. This weather is driving me crazy. One week we have the heater on, the next one I have to start my air conditioning. It looks like we are skipping spring this year. Straight into summer!
This soup screams spring and it is soooo good! The perfect way to highlight asparagus. It comes together quickly and you only need a couple of ingredients: asparagus, chicken broth, olive oil, lemon zest and…some grapes (if you have..)
My favorite way to prepare asparagus is to roast it. It brings out its natural sweetness and adds a deeper flavor to it. Don’t worry, it will only take maximum 10 minutes, depending on the thickness of the spears.
When serving this soup, please DON’T add yogurt, especially greek one. It is going to ruin everything. Trust me, I have tried and it’s not working. Some cream will be perfect and thin slices of red grapes (Crimson grapes in Australia) would be perfect!
- 2 lbs fresh asparagus end trimmed
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 cups chicken stock depending on preferred soup thickness
- 2 tablespoons cream
- zest of 1/2 lemon
- some red grapes thin sliced
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Preheat oven to 395F/ 200C
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Place asparagus on a parchment lined baking sheet in a single layer. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Toss them a little bit to ensure all spears are coated.
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Bake for 5-10 minutes turning with tongs once or twice as they roast. Asparagus should be tender, but not mushy at this point. Remove from oven and set aside to cool for 2 minutes.
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Roughly chop the roasted asparagus into pieces and add them to a blender with chicken broth and process until smooth. Pour the pureed asparagus into a medium sauce pan (if you want a silky texture, you'll have to strain through a fine mesh sieve the soup), add lemon zest and warm it on low heat. Taste and adjust salt and pepper.
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Ladle into 4 bowls, add some cream and garnish with grape slices.
nagimaehashi says
May 13, 2015 at 5:15 pmThis could have been written by me!!! I recoil at the memory of boiled vegetables in thin water soups. But cream it and I’ll eat ANYTHING!!! But I can honestly say I have never tried asparagus soup before. I’ve gotta change that immediately!! 🙂
Adore Foods says
May 15, 2015 at 12:10 pmYou have to try this soup Nagi! It’s crazy good 🙂
TC says
May 14, 2015 at 1:29 amI make asparagus soup often (paired with cilantro, of course ;)), but never thought about roasting it first. Can’t wait to try this recipe ! Pics are gorgeous !! 🙂
Danielle L says
May 14, 2015 at 7:14 amI’ve never tried asparagus soup, but it sounds like something I’d love. Thanks for the tip about not using yoghurt as that is something I’d try to do 🙂
Adore Foods says
May 15, 2015 at 12:10 pmHope you’ll enjoy it, Danielle!
peregrinationgourmande says
May 14, 2015 at 1:17 pmI love asparagus in every kind of way of cooking. I ve never tried them in soup. Good idea. Thanks xx cathy
Adore Foods says
May 15, 2015 at 12:08 pmCathy, if you looove asparagus, you’ll adore this soup. Thanks for stopping by 🙂
ramblingtart says
May 15, 2015 at 5:54 amI adore creamy soups too – so very, very much – so I’d happily eat a whole bowl of this goodness. 🙂
Adore Foods says
May 15, 2015 at 12:06 pmSending one virtual bowl right now! 🙂
Lokness says
May 15, 2015 at 8:50 pmGorgeous presentation Oana! I love creamy soup too! Much more hearty and filling than a broth or stew. Never know grapes can be in soup too. How interesting!!!
Giramuk's Kitchen says
May 16, 2015 at 9:33 amI am a creamy soup fan too!! This just too beautiful! I’ve never has asparagus soup… but it looks AMAZING! I have to try it! and garnished with grapes?? Who knew??
Amanda Mendell says
May 16, 2015 at 11:57 pmThis Looks so good! I have to try!
den atone says
May 17, 2015 at 3:58 amJersey asparagus is in and the best love creamy soup
ChopinandMysaucepan says
May 18, 2015 at 6:47 pmDear Oana,
I love the smoky flavour of roasted vegetable soups. The smiley face of the slice of grape is so cute!
Mira says
May 18, 2015 at 8:32 pmLove cream soups and just got some asparagus! Definitely trying this soup, looks delicious!