Soup fit for a Comtesse

This week, I share a recipe for one of the most elegant of soups, and a slightly Spring-y market haul.

All pale shoulders, rustling silks, fine lace and soft pink roses. La Comtesse du Barry, by Elisabeth Vigée le Brun, 1782. Image courtesy of National Gallery of Art, under Creative Commons Zero (CC0) licence

It has been an odd, lengthy, teasing transition between winter and spring, one that has been more backwards than forwards. At one moment, my heart i…