I Forgot About the Broccoli Soup

Name: I Forgot About the Broccoli Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon butter; 1 medium onion, chopped; 2 celery ribs, chopped; 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour (optional); 3 1/2 cups vegetable broth or 3 1/2 cups chicken broth; 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme; 1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric; 3 -4 whole black peppercorns (or 1/2 tsp ground black pepper); 1 bay leaf; 3 cups chopped broccoli (stems and florets); 1/2 cup milk or 1/2 cup half-and-half; salt, to taste; crouton; shredded cheese

Submitted by duonyte

"I had bought some very nice broccoli crowns on sale, and then forgot about them. By the time I remembered, they'd started to go brown. Still, waste not, want not. I needed soup, so I cut off all the brown parts, ending up with mostly stalk, a bit of florets. It turned into a very nice soup, we thought."

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Ready In:: 45mins
Ingredients:: 14
Serves:: 4

ingredients

1 tablespoon butter
1 medium onion, chopped
2 celery ribs, chopped
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour (optional)
3 ¹⁄₂ cups vegetable broth or 3 1/2 cups chicken broth
¹⁄₄ teaspoon dried thyme
¹⁄₄ teaspoon ground turmeric
3 -4 whole black peppercorns (or 1/2 tsp ground black pepper)
1 bay leaf
3 cups chopped broccoli (stems and florets)
¹⁄₂ cup milk or 1/2 cup half-and-half
salt, to taste
Garnish
crouton
shredded cheese

directions

Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the chopped onion and celery and saute until the onion is transluscent.
Sprinkle the flour over the veggies and stir until it's incorporated. (This is optional, but it does give a little body to the soup).
Add the broth, thyme, turmeric, peppercorns, bay leaf and broccoli pieces.
Simmer until the broccoli is tender, about 20 minutes.
Remove from heat and blend with immersion blender (or blend in batches in blender or food processor.
Add the milk or cream; taste for seasoning - whether or not you might need more salt depends on how salty your broth is. If necessary, return to burner for a few minutes to heat the milk.
Serve, garnished with croutons and/or shredded cheese, if desired.

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Reviews

Awesome soup, hun! Made this "spur of the moment" along with Recipe #514164. What a great dish. I did not use the tumeric... (None in the house, because I don't care for it). It was awesome, and such a great way to use up my head of broccoli that was wilting / browning. I found this recipe in the "TOTM Forum / Clever Shopping", and so happy I did. Loved it, duonyte. Hubby did, as well. Thanks for sharing.

rosie316

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duonyte

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My screen name is a diminutive in Lithuanian for bread, so you won't be suprised to learn that I love to bake bread. In recent years I have been baking a lot of sourdough breads and have several starters sitting in my refrigerator. But I like to cook a lot of other things, as well, especially from various cultures. The cat wishes I would concentrate on meat and fish... I joined a few years ago but started posting recipes and participating in forums just recently - I wish I had done so earlier. Recipezaar is a great community! Right now I am a co-host for the Breads and Baking and the Eastern Europe forums - I hope to see you there!

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