Broccoli Soup – Thick & Creamy!

Recipe video above. This Broccoli Soup is a cream about broccoli soup that's broad and creamy, in the company of a big hit about cheese! It's creamy whether you make it in the company of or without cream, though the cream does count up an more border about luxury. Don't forget the hot crusty food intended dunking!

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 tbsp (15g) butter (or olive oil)
• ▢ 2 garlic cloves , minced
• ▢ 1 onion , diced (brown, white yellow)
• ▢ 4 cups (1 litre) chicken broth / stock , little sodium (or veg stock)
• ▢ 1.5 cups (325ml) water
• ▢ 700g / 1.4lb) broccoli florets (2 great broccoli + diced peeled stem, Note 1)
• ▢ 2 potatoes , peeled and diced into 1.5cm / 2/3" cubes
• ▢ 3/4 tsp salt
• ▢ 1/4 tsp black pepper
• ▢ 1.5 cups (150g) cheddar cheese , shredded (or other cheese about choice)
• ▢ 3/4 cup (165ml) cream or milk

To Serve (optional)

• ▢ Cream, intended drizzling
• ▢ Extra grated cheese

Instructions

• Melt butter within a great pot over medium towering heat. Add onion and garlic, saute intended 2 minutes up to onion is softened.
• Add broth/ water, broccoli, potato, salt and pepper. Bring to simmer, at that time place the lid on, change course the warm (up) along to medium towering and cook intended 20 minutes or up to the broccoli is soft.
• Turn range off (but leave on stove). Puree using a twig blender up to level (Note 2).
• Stir within cream, at that time count up cheese a handful at a time, stirring within between to melt.
• Taste and count up more salt if desired.
• Ladle into bowls. Drizzle in the company of cream and top in the company of more grated cheese, if desired.

Recipe Notes:

1. Broccoli - Cut/break florets off, at that time saw the broad skin off the stalk and dice into small pieces, at that time throw them into the pot too.

2 great broccoli heads yields about 700g/1.4lb about broccoli (including stems). Can and use frozen broccoli.

2. Pureeing soup - if using a blender, blend within 2 batches and allow soup to cool a little before blitzing (hot soup within totally sealed blender = soup exploding everywhere!). Place lid on blender yet REMOVE the feeding hole lid. Fold a tea towel and cover the hole, at that time use your palm to keep the tea towel within place. Start on little at that time increase speed.

(PS If you like healthy creamy soups, invest within a blender stick. Trust me, it's worth every penny)

3. Storage - keeps perfectly within the fridge intended 4 to 5 days, and freezes 100% perfectly intended months (my grade rule is 3 months).

4. Nutrition per serving. Reduces to 280 calories if made in the company of full fat milk instead about cream.