Asparagus Ginger Soup

I wanted an asparagus soup, but I have a tendency to like cream a bit too much, so I wanted to stay far away from Creme d'Asperges. I came up with something more "fusion" than I intended and it turned out great. Tangy and healthy all the same time!

You need:
-1 small red onion
-1/4 cup Sake
-1 tablespoon Ginger
-1 pound of Asparagus
-1.5 liters of Chicken Broth
-1 lemon
-Salt/Pepper
-Cayenne
-Butter/Olive oil

Start by placing your asparagus into a shallow pan of chicken broth and cook it until it's tender, with a slight crispness to the teeth when bitten into. Place aside to cool and get your soup pot ready on low heat. Slowly cook your chopped red onion and ginger; the longer the better without browing them, then deglaze with Sake. Cut your asparagus stalks into smaller pieces while saving the florettes/tips for garnishing a la fin. Crank the heat up on the onions and ginger and add the asparagus pieces with 1/3 of the broth. Let it come to a boil and then dump the mixture into the blender and finely puree it so that no chunks exist further. Put the blended mixture and the rest of the stock into your rinsed soup pot. Allow to simmer until it is a soupy consistency. Squeeze in your lemon juice, add cayenne, salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot with the florettes as a garnish.

Asparagus makes your pee smell so bad. It is wretched but the benefits from eating asparagus make up for the raunchy stank: high vitamin K, gets rid of warts, good for the heart, helps high blood pressure, patients with HIV...etc.