Asparagus Soup With Mini Meatballs

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 125 g extra lean ground beef
• 125 g lean ground turkey
• 125 g extra lean ground lamb
• 1 egg
• 8 tablespoons breadcrumbs
• 3/4 cup water
• 2 teaspoons pepper
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 398 ml asparagus spears, canned
• 30 g butter
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 3 cups chicken broth
• 2/3 cup light cream, 5%
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch pepper

Recipe

• 1 combine the first 8 ingredients to make the meat ball mix.
• 2 roll the meat balls into small 1/2 inch balls.
• 3 cook the meat balls in a large pot of slightly boiling water for 5 minutes (longer if the meatballs are bigger).
• 4 remove with strainer and set aside.
• 5 cut the asparagus spears into bit sized pieces, keep the asparagus liquid.
• 6 in a large pot melt the butter and stir in the flour with a whisk.
• 7 add the liquikd from the asparagus and whisk well.
• 8 add the chicken broth and whisk well; let the soup simmer for 5 minute.
• 9 add the cream.
• 10 add the asparagus and meatballs and warm through.