Cream of Asparagus Soup

I'm come to realize that I'm really good at making soups! I'm not trying to be cocky here but everyone seems to really enjoy them where they don't always like everything else that I make. Today I made a "Cream of Asparagus Soup" for dinner.




Ingredients:
1 1/2 - Lbs of Asparagus
3 - Tbsp Olive Oil
1 - Tbsp Butter
2 - Leeks, thinly sliced
1 - Onion, chopped
1 1/2 - Boxes of Chicken Stock
2 - Tsp of Nutmeg
2/3 - Cups Heavy Cream (Table Cream)
Salt and Pepper




Directions:
Heat oil and butter in a large sauce pan. Add the leeks, onion and saute over medium heat for about 10 minutes.

Chopped the heads of the asparagus off and set a side. Chop the remaining asparagus into 1 inch pieces.

Add the Chopped asparagus, chicken stock and nutmeg to the sauce pan. Season with Salt and pepper. After a couple of minutes the soup should taste like asparagus but not too salty.

Simmer for 10 minutes and then transfer to a blender.

Puree until smooth.

Transfer to clean sauce pan.

Add two thirds of the cream, mix well and gently heat.

At the same time boil some water and add the asparagus tops. Boil until tender.

Drain.

Ladle the soup into bowls, spoon the remaining cream on top and float the asparagus. Mine kept sinking so I had to keep adding asparagus :)

(It didn't float so well for me) 

I made some Cheesy Garlic bread to enjoy with it.

Everyone really like this soup and I've been told to add it to my regular rotation. If you try it out, let me know what you think in the comments.