Chilled asparagus soup with caviar

This very special asparagus soup will start off your dinner party in gourmet style.

Recipe «Chilled asparagus soup with caviar» presented in category Recipes / Soups, to prepare this dish you will need no more 10 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 1 eschallot, finely chopped, 200g potato, cut into 1cm pieces, 1 small carrot, finely chopped, 1 stick celery, finely chopped, 2 cups vegetable stock , 600g asparagus, trimmed, roughly chopped, 1/2 cup thickened cream plus extra, to serve, 1 tbsp red lumpfish caviar .

Ingredients:

• 1 eschallot, finely chopped 
• 200g potato, cut into 1cm pieces 
• 1 small carrot, finely chopped 
• 1 stick celery, finely chopped 
• 2 cups vegetable stock 
• 600g asparagus, trimmed, roughly chopped 
• 1/2 cup thickened cream plus extra, to serve 
• 1 tbsp red lumpfish caviar 

Instructions

1. Place eschallot, potato, carrot, celery and stock in a medium saucepan. Bring to boil and simmer, covered, for 5 minutes. Add asparagus and simmer for further 2 minutes.
2. Blend or process soup with cream until smooth. Season to taste. Transfer soup to a large heatproof bowl, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for several hours or overnight to chill.
3. Divide soup between four bowls, drizzle with a little extra cream and sprinkle with caviar. Serve immediately.