French Spring Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 Tbsp. butter
3 large scallions or leeks, snipped
1 small onion, minced
3 potato, pared and thinly sliced
1/2 lb. raw spinach leaves, snipped rather fine
dash of pepper
1 c. heavy cream
salt
2 qt. water
1/4 c. uncooked regular rice
12 stalks asparagus, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 carrot, pared, thinly sliced

Preparation

Melt butter in kettle.
Slowly saute scallion and onion until tender.
Add potatoes, carrot, 1 1/2 teaspoon salt and water. Cover and bring to a boil; simmer 15 minutes.
Stir in rice and asparagus. Cover and simmer 25 minutes.
Add spinach; cover and simmer 5 minutes.
Stir in 4 teaspoons salt, pepper and cream.