Vegan Asparagus White Bean Soup (without Cream
A delicious asparagus soup that's full of spring flavours, for when spring hasn't got the hang of being warm yet! It has added butter beans for extra protein.
Servings: 4
Calories: 178kcal
Equipment
- 1 Chef's knife or vegetable knife
Ingredients
For the stock (optional)
- Handful leek tops
- All the the woody asparagus ends
- A few parsley stalks
- 1 10x 5 cm piece kombu
- 1 teaspoon whole peppercorns
- water to cover
- carrot, onion, parsnip & other veggie trimmings if you have them
For the Soup
- 200 g asparagus 1 bunch/15 stalks
- 200 g leek finely chopped, about 1 medium leek
- 250 g cooked butter beans equivalent of 1 standard tin/can
- 4 sprigs thyme 1 tsp
- 120 ml vegan white wine
- 1 tablespoon olive oil for sauteeing, can also use water
- 500 ml vegetable stock make your own - see recipe above - or use good quality boullion powder
Instructions
To make the stock
- Add all the stock ingredients into a large pot. Cover with water and bring to the boil. Simmer for half an hour to 1 hour (depending on how much time you have!).
- Drain and keep the liquid. *Warning- be sure to drain into another large pot. Not down the sink.
To make the soup
- Finely chop the asparagus stalks reserving the asparagus spear tops. Chop the leek finely too.
- In a large saucepan gently sautee the leek in the oil or water.
- Add the asparagus stalks, the wine, the butterbeans, the thyme and the stock.
- Simmer for around 10 mins until all the veggies are soft.
- Squish the butterbeans around the pot with a potato masher and taste. Adjust the seasoning as needed.
- Add the asparagus spear tops in, and simmer for another 3 minutes so they are just cooked but still green.
- Serve with crusty bread or on it's own, making sure each person has a fair share of the asparagus tops.
Nutrition
Calories: 178kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 514mg | Potassium: 551mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1531IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 64mg | Iron: 4mg