{"id":61,"date":"2006-05-21T14:48:28","date_gmt":"2006-05-21T22:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willowandjuanjo.com\/?p=61"},"modified":"2006-06-02T08:37:41","modified_gmt":"2006-06-02T16:37:41","slug":"cream-of-asparagus-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splashblot.willowandjuanjo.com\/?p=61","title":{"rendered":"Cream of Asparagus Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve made this <a href=\"http:\/\/southernfood.about.com\/od\/asparagus\/r\/bln531.htm\">Cream of Asparagus Soup Recipe<\/a> a couple of times now.  Pretty simple with good results.  Your mileage may vary, as is the case with cooking.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Cream of Asparagus Soup from Diana Rattray.<\/p>\n<p>A cream of asparagus soup with asparagus and milk, along with butter and seasonings.<\/p>\n<p>INGREDIENTS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 tablespoons butter<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/8 teaspoon pepper<\/li>\n<li>2 cups milk<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 pound fresh asparagus<\/li>\n<li>boiling water<\/li>\n<li>salt and pepper &#8212; to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>PREPARATION:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Make the white sauce: melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Blend in flour, 1\/2 teaspoon salt and 1\/8 teaspoon pepper. Stir until smooth. Add milk; cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and begins to bubble. Set aside.<\/li>\n<li>Wash asparagus and cut in 1\/2-inch pieces.  Cook asparagus in a small amount of boiling water until tender, about 5 minutes. Drain, reserving the cooking liquid. Set aside a few of the asparagus tips or pieces aside for garnish, if desired. Mash or blend remaining asparagus; set aside.<\/li>\n<li>Add enough boiling water to cooking liquid to make 1 cup; add white sauce and pureed asparagus. Heat thoroughly; season to taste with salt and pepper. Add whole asparagus pieces and serve.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve made this Cream of Asparagus Soup Recipe a couple of times now. Pretty simple with good results. Your mileage may vary, as is the case with cooking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2ioOJ-Z","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/splashblot.willowandjuanjo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/splashblot.willowandjuanjo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/splashblot.willowandjuanjo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/splashblot.willowandjuanjo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/splashblot.willowandjuanjo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/splashblot.willowandjuanjo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/splashblot.willowandjuanjo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/splashblot.willowandjuanjo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/splashblot.willowandjuanjo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}