Monday, June 22, 2009

Cream of Broccoli Soup (inspired from the internet)

Ingredients:
4 cups water or stock
2 large heads of cauliflower
1 tbs butter
1 tbs olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 small potatoes, chopped
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons chicken bouillon powder (omit if using stock)
1 cup cream
1 cup 2% milk
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions:
Chop the broccoli, separating the florets from the stem. Bring the water to a boil in the larger of two pots, add the stem pieces and cook for 3-4 minutes. Remove stem pieces, reserving the water into a smaller pot, and place in a blender. While pureeing the stem pieces, cook the florets in the smaller pot for 3-4 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat the olive oil and butter in the large pot. Add onions and potatoes. Once onions are clear, add the flour stirring constantly. After 30 seconds add the liquid from the small pot (reserving the florets) along with bouillon powder. Bring to a boil and back down to a simmer.
In the same blender as the broccoli stems, add roughly half of the onion/potato mixture, blending until very smooth. Return the entire contents of the blender to the large pot.
Add milk, cream, nutmeg and pepper.
Return broccoli florets to the soup.
Serve with some cream swirled in a pretty pattern. Sharp cheddar cheese is optional, but the soup is already quite thick and creamy.

Drusius, son of Roman Emperor Tiberius (14 BCE to 37 BCE) was the first recorded fanatic of broccoli, once gorging himself on it for an entire month until his bright green urine inspired a severe scolding from his father to stop “ living precariously.”



I felt so guilty after eating this, even though it had all edible stuff for me. Yeah for pretending that I'm cheating! Heated it up again for lunch today and it was just as good as the night before.

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