Traditional and Bimby recipe for asparagus soup with meatballs.
The dish of the day that I’m about to present to you is extremely easy to make and will certainly impress your guests.
Suitable for a classy dinner and connoisseurs, a soup accompanied by meatballs, which you can fry, microwave, or steam with the Bimby or in an air fryer.
Asparagus are detoxifying and diuretic, rich in vitamins, minerals, and energy substances, they have antioxidant properties, protect capillaries, are mostly water, and have few calories. You’ll find the traditional recipe first, followed by the Bimby version.

Thought for you:

Difficulty: Easy
Cost: Cheap
Preparation time: 30 Minutes
Portions: 4
Cooking methods: Boiling, Cooking with kitchen robot, Air frying
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: Spring

424.03 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 424.03 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 22.97 (g) of which sugars 5.16 (g)
Proteins 34.74 (g)
Fat 22.09 (g) of which saturated 9.48 (g)of which unsaturated 9.30 (g)
Fibers 4.70 (g)
Sodium 1,183.91 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 400 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA^* and FoodData Central^** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.

^* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ^** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

Ingredients

For the meatballs

10.5 oz ground beef (or chicken or turkey or fish)
1 egg
2.1 oz breadcrumbs
1.1 oz Parmigiano Reggiano DOP
1 clove garlic
1 bunch chopped parsley
to taste salt
to taste pepper
1.75 lbs asparagus
1.4 oz Parmigiano Reggiano DOP
1.8 oz light cream cheese
3 cups vegetable broth
0.7 oz flour
to taste salt
to taste pepper

Asparagus Soup with Meatballs

Tools

what we need to prepare the

Bowl
Knife
1 Pan or Bimby or microwave
Pot or Bimby

Preparation: Asparagus Soup with Meatballs

Traditional recipe

Prepare the meatballs: finely chop the spices and in a bowl, combine the ground meat, Parmigiano, egg, salt, and pepper to taste. Knead.
Make meatballs about 0.75 inch in diameter.
1) Option- Fry them in a pan with olive oil and a sprig of rosemary.
2) Option- Cover them with plastic wrap and microwave for 10 minutes.
3) Option- In an air fryer for 5 minutes at 356°F
Now prepare the asparagus soup.
Clean the asparagus by removing the woody parts, remove the tips, and wash well in cold water.
Chop finely using a food processor or knife.
In a bowl, combine grated Grana Padano and cream cheese, and mix with a whisk. Set aside in the fridge.
Transfer the chopped asparagus to a pot with water and salt, and cook for 20 minutes.
After the time has passed, blend with an immersion blender. Add the mixture you set aside, return the pot to low heat, continuously blending with the immersion blender until the soup appears smooth.
Adjust salt, and transfer the cream into a soup tureen or individual dishes. Top with the meatballs. Serve accompanied by croutons.
Here is the Asparagus Soup with Meatballs.
Prepare the meatballs: chop the spices for 10 sec. speed 7. Gather with the spatula, add Parmigiano, egg, salt, and pepper to the bowl. Knead for 2 mi. speed 3.
Transfer the mixture to a bowl and form meatballs about 0.75 inch in diameter.
Once ready, place them in the varoma between the container and tray, cover them and set aside
Now let’s make the asparagus soup.
Clean the asparagus by removing the woody parts, remove the tips, and wash well in cold water.
Put in the bowl, grated Grana Padano and cream cheese, blend for 20 sec./speed 4. Remove from the bowl and refrigerate.
In the clean and dry bowl, place the asparagus stems and chop for 5 sec./speed 7. Gather at the bottom with the spatula.
Add the vegetable broth, salt, arrange the varoma with the meatballs and cook for 25 min./100°C/speed 1.
At the end of cooking, remove the varoma and let it rest for 1 minute, then blend for 30 sec./speed 7. Gather at the bottom with the spatula.
Add the mixture from the fridge and cook for 2 min./90°C/speed 3.
Adjust salt. Transfer the cream to a soup tureen or individual dishes. Top with the meatballs.
Serve the Asparagus Soup with Meatballs made with the Bimby along with croutons.