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Ingredients

Method

  • STEP 1

    Heat the butter and oil in a large saucepan until foaming. Fry the asparagus tips for a few mins to soften. Remove and set aside.

  • STEP 2

    Add the shallots, asparagus stalks and garlic, and cook for 5-10 mins until softened but still bright. Stir through the spinach, pour over the stock, bring to the boil, then blitz with a hand blender.

  • STEP 3

    Season generously and add hot water to loosen if needed. Ladle into bowls and scatter the asparagus tips over each. Drizzle with olive oil and serve with sourdough bread, if you like.

RECIPE TIPS
KEEPING IT SEASONAL

Swap the shallots for a couple of leeks and the asparagus for purple sprouting broccoli during the winter months, when asparagus is not in season.

WHAT PART OF THE SPEAR TO USE

If you have thin spears, no thicker than your little finger, then simply use the whole stalk. If the spears are the thickness of your thumb, then snap off the woody ends.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2013

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