French Spring Soup

Name: French Spring Soup
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6-8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 bunch leek, chopped; 1 large onion, chopped; 2 large carrots, chopped; 3 large potatoes, chopped; 1 bunch fresh asparagus, chopped or 1 package frozen asparagus; 1/2 lb fresh spinach or 1 package frozen spinach, chopped; 1/3 cup raw rice; 3 tablespoons butter; 2 quarts water; 4 teaspoons salt; 1/2 pint heavy cream or 1/2 pint half-and-half

Submitted by papergoddess

"This soup has a very light and delicate flavor. I make this when our asparagas patch is producing in the spring."

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Ready In:: 30mins
Ingredients:: 11
Serves:: 6-8

ingredients

1 bunch leek, chopped
1 large onion, chopped
2 large carrots, chopped
3 large potatoes, chopped
1 bunch fresh asparagus, chopped or 1 package frozen asparagus
¹⁄₂ lb fresh spinach or 1 package frozen spinach, chopped
¹⁄₃ cup raw rice
3 tablespoons butter
2 quarts water
4 teaspoons salt
¹⁄₂ pint heavy cream or 1/2 pint half-and-half

directions

Wash leeks well.
Saute leeks and onions in butter until limp.
Add 2 quarts water, carrot, potatoe, asparagas, and rice, and simmer 25 minutes.
Add spinach and cream- simmer 5 minutes more (Note- this soup is actually better if allowed to sit for a while).

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Reviews

OMG - this is the best!

kehayden
This was marvelous! I was suprised at the flavor. Way more than I was expecting from a vegetable soup (i'm a carnivore!)This will be a regular in our soup rotation!

kathylovesperry
Papergoddess; I am a soup lover and especially vegetable soups. Now, this soup has a good variety of veggies, the taste was extra ordinary and we just loved it. My DW will not eat soups that have any meat or fish. So, she thoroughly enjoyed this one. The only thing that I added was some white pepper. I used 3 medium size leeks as I was not sure what you meant by a bunch. Everything else remained as noted. This will be a soup at least once a month. We have soup every day with our dinner. Thank you for sharing this soup recipe with us. "Uncle Bill"

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