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Asparagus Velouté

By Joel Robuchon

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Recipe information

  • Yield

    4 servings

Ingredients

2 pounds (1 kg.) white asparagus
1 quart (1 L.) chicken stock (or store-bought), or chicken broth (or store-bought or made from a bouillon cube)
A bit of sugar (1 cube if you have cubes)
5 cup (30 g.) cornstarch
1 egg yolk
1 cup (25 cl.) heavy cream
Salt

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    1. Wash the asparagus. Cut 2 inches (5 cm.) off the tips and save them for another use. Do not peel the stalks but cut them into 15-inch (3-cm.) pieces.

    Step 2

    2. Bring the stock or broth to a boil in a soup pot. When it bubbles, add the asparagus pieces and sugar. Turn down the heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes.

    Step 3

    3. Blend and pass through a fine strainer (a chinois if possible), pressing on the solids with a spoon to extract as much liquid as possible. Put the soup back in the pot, bring back to a boil, and boil about 30 minutes more.

    Step 4

    4. Thoroughly mix the cornstarch in a bowl with 1 tablespoon cold water. Beat the yolk and cream together in a bowl large enough to hold all the soup.

    Step 5

    5. When the soup in the pot has been reduced by about half, whisk in the cornstarch mixture. Boil for 1 minute, whisking constantly, and then gently pour everything into the bowl with the egg-cream mixture, whisking as you pour.

    Step 6

    6. Pour the contents of the bowl back into the soup pot and heat very gently in order to thicken. Stir with a spatula and turn off the heat at the first sign of boiling. Blend. Season with salt as necessary.

Nutrition Per Serving

Per serving: 226.45 calories
34.5 calories from fat
3.825 g total fat
1.975 g saturated fat
12.92 mg cholesterol
127.65 mg sodium
42.475 g total carbs
1.78 g dietary fiber
1.075 g sugars
4.05 g protein
#### Nutritional analysis provided by TasteBook
using the USDA Nutrition Database
From The Complete Robuchon by Joël Robuchon Copyright (c) 2008 by Joël Robuchon Published by Knopf. Joël Robuchon was born in Poitiers, France, in 1945 and began his apprenticeship at a hotel restaurant when he was fifteen years old. In 1981, he opened his own restaurant in Paris, Jamin, which had earned three Michelin stars by 1984. It was the fastest rise in the guidebook's history. Named Chef of the Century in 1989 by the Gault Millau, he now works as a consultant and runs L'Atelier restaurants around the world.
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