Chilled Asparagus Soup With Warm Trout Cakes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion (about 8 oz.), peeled and chopped
- 2 pounds asparagus, rinsed, tough stem ends snapped off, cut into 2-inch lengths
- About 2 1/2 cups fat-skimmed chicken broth or vegetable broth
- 1 cup whipping cream
- Salt and pepper
- White truffle oil (optional)
- Pour olive oil into a 3- to 4-quart pan over medium-high heat. When hot, add onion and stir often until limp, 4 to 5 minutes. Add asparagus and 2 1/2 cups broth. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until asparagus is very tender when pierced, 10 to 14 minutes.
- Working in batches and holding lid down with a towel, whirl asparagus mixture in a blender until very smooth. Pour into a large bowl and stir in cream. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cover and chill until cold, at least 2 hours.
- If soup is too thick, stir in a little more broth. Taste, and add more salt and pepper if desired. Ladle soup into six wide, shallow bowls. Set a warm trout cake in the center of each, and top cakes equally with marinated morels. Drizzle a little truffle oil over soup around cakes. Serve immediately.
olive oil, onion, lengths, chicken broth, whipping cream, salt, truffle oil
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/chilled-asparagus-soup-with-warm-trout-cakes (may not work)