"I agree- only cook 10 minutes. I couldn't tie scallions without tearing them. After realizing it was futile, I cheated shamelessly. I used prochuto to hold the bundles together (left over from beef Wellington recipe). Wrapping each spear individually with prochuto is not only time consuming, but can be overpowering (salty)- this recipe fixes that problem and you get cute little bunches. Reviews came back as "perfect". Thanks for the recipe and thanks to everyone posting reviews on the time!!!

"Loved it. This was my first crack at asparagus soup and I had never tasted it before. I added 2TB of butter with the cream- because I just can't cook healthy and love a buttery, creamy soup. The tips on how to prep ahead of time make it easy to bring all components of dinner (including the soup) up at the same time. I added cold herbed goat cheese (made with a mellon ball scoop - fresh chopped cilantro and garlic - modified from another recipe here) when I served it. The dish had rave reviews at our New Year's Eve dinner from people who are seasoned asparagus soup veterans.