Apple, watercress and asparagus soup

Name: Apple, watercress and asparagus soup | Asda Good Living
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 Granny Smith apples, pips removed, thinly sliced; 1tsp rapeseed oil; 1 leek, trimmed and sliced; 1 reduced-salt vegetable stock cube; 2 potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped; 300g Grower’s Selection Asparagus; 85g watercress; 1tbsp Asda 50% Less Fat Crème Fraîche; 6 wholemeal rolls

Baked apple slices add an irresistible crisp crunch

By Asda Good Living,6th April 2017

(12 votes)

Cook: 45 Mins

Serves: 6

Price: 60p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 453g serving contains

Energy
1155kj
276kcal

14%

Fat
3.6g

Med
5%

Saturates
0.9g

Low
5%

Sugars
9.5g

Med
11%

Salt
1.13g

Med
19%

of your 5-a-day

of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
255kj/61kcal

Ingredients

2 Granny Smith apples, pips removed, thinly sliced

1tsp rapeseed oil

1 leek, trimmed and sliced

1 reduced-salt vegetable stock cube

2 potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped

300g Grower’s Selection Asparagus

85g watercress

1tbsp Asda 50% Less Fat Crème Fraîche

6 wholemeal rolls

Method

Preheat the oven to 120C/ 100C Fan/Gas ½. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Put the apple slices on the tray and bake for 40 mins or until crisp.

Meanwhile, heat the oil  in a large pan. Add the leeks, cover and sweat for 10 mins until soft. Add the stock cube, potato and 1L water. Simmer for 20 mins until the potato is soft.

Add the asparagus and watercress, cook for 4 mins, then blend until smooth.

Top with crème fraîche and apple crisps, and serve with wholemeal rolls.