Chilled Asparagus Soup with Avocado and Basil
Refreshing and full of vitamins chilled asparagus soup with avocado and basil.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 1 min
- Total Time: 11 minutes
- Yield: 1 1x
- Category: Soup
- Cuisine: Vegan
Ingredients
Scale
- 350g asparagus (tough ends cut off)
- 1 small avocado
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 C basil leaves
- 1 C vegetable stock
- juice of 1/2 small lemon
- salt to taste
- extra virgin olive oil (optional)
Instructions
- Bring a pot of salted water to boil. Prepare a bowl with ice water on a side.
- Blanch asparagus for few seconds just to bring out the bright green color but don’t overcook it. Drain and put in a bowl with ice water. Then drain again.
- Cut off few asparagus spears and save them for garnishing the soup. Blitz the rest of it with avocado flesh, garlic, basil, vegetable stock, salt and lemon juice in a blender on high speed until smooth.
- Chill the soup in a fridge for few hours before serving.
- Garnish with asparagus spears, basil leaves and splash of olive oil.
Nutrition
- Calories: 392
- Sugar: 11.6g
- Sodium: 162mg
- Fat: 27.3g
- Saturated Fat: 3.8g
- Carbohydrates: 35.2g
- Fiber: 20.6g
- Protein: 13.1g
- Cholesterol: 0mg