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Asparagus Ends Soup

3 years ago

Bought some geat asparagus from Costco and hated the thought, again, of throwing out so much of it with the ends. Finally googled for a soup recipe and found one. I pureed it with my immersion blender, which clogged two or three times and had to remove the wad of fibers around the blade housing to continue. It is a tastey and thrifty recipe. Sorry I did not look for a recipe years earlier. I freeze ends in a baggie till I have enough for a batch of soup.

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nancyjane_gardener

3 years ago

Sorry, but if you're talking about the white thick ends.......nope!

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CA Kate z9
3 years ago
I agree... white no, green yes. If you chop up the stems into smaller pieces they won't get wound around the blade.

I also use the bottom green throw-aways for soup. I also save and use any leftover asperagus from a meal at the end of the soup making as a sort of topper. .
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John Liu
3 years ago
I peel the asparagus ends and make a puree with wasabi or garlic.
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Islay Corbel
3 years ago
My daughter cooks the ends, blends and adds them to asparagus risotto. Delicious.
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plllog
3 years ago
Islay, that sounds amazing!
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Islay Corbel
3 years ago
It is. I'll ask her for the recipe. She's in Tenerife at the moment.
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Lars
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
When I make asparagus soup using asparagus ends, I put the soup through a Chinois, but I do chop the asparagus into small pieces before boiling them. I also add onion and celery to the pot to make it go further, if I do not have enough asparagus.

I like to add crab to asparagus soup and some chili - usually cayenne. I have a lot of cayenne that I grew and dehydrated. I also add Thai fish sauce. Canned crab works fine in this soup. This is one of my favorite soups and was inspired by Crab Asparagus soups that I have had at Vietnamese restaurants.
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linda campbell
3 years ago
I peel my asparagus and rarely have any green ends that wwee don't eat.
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3 years ago
I make asparagus soup using all of the asparagus . I reserve the asparagus tips for the end and add them at the last 2 minutes, just before serving.

When cooking asparagus just by itself, I do peel the end part, but not the whole asparagus. If I find tough ends, I do cut those off, but generally someone else has already cut those off before they make it to the market.

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