Ah Sir's Recipe - 31. Cream of Asparagus

Ingredients (for 4):

• Asparagus - 10 oz
• Butter - 2 oz
• Spring onion - 2 cloves
• Flour - 2 oz
• Stock - 3 lb 6 oz
• Egg yolk - 1
• Whipping cream - 2 oz
• Salt - 1 tsp
• White pepper powder - 1/4 tsp

Procedures:

1. Wash and clean the asparagus, then cut out the tips. 

2. Boil a pot of water and blanch the asparagus tips in salted water for 4 minutes.

3. Cut the remaining of the asparagus into sections.

4. Heat the pot with butter.

5. Add in the asparagus sections and the chopped spring onion, also of equal length, and cook for 5 minutes.

6. Add the flour and continue to cook for another 1 minute.

7. Add the stock in, and continue to let it boil for 25 minutes.

8. Cool down the soup and then blend. Pour back into the pot.

9. Mix well the whipping cream and egg yolk.

10. Add the mixture to the soup and stir well. Season with salt and white pepper powder.

11. Serve with the asparagus tips on top.