Cream of Broccoli Soup recipe

Cream of broccoli soup recipe provides a rich, flavorful taste treat to anyone’s menu. It is best to begin with the freshest broccoli. Beginning with a good quality vegetable of chicken stock is essential.

You can find a good recipe for that in the soup stock recipe section of this site. When you add heavy cream to this recipe, you will be bringing out the satisfying and creamy texture of this wonderful soup.

If you are ready to add an incredibly delicious cream of broccoli soup recipe to all your other great meal ideas, you will love the delicious flavor of this one. As a matter of fact, most people would expect to find this one on the menu of any gourmet restaurant, but you can actually make this one right in your own home. While it is one of the best tasting soups you have ever tried, its presentation also makes it eye appealing as well.

In order to get that perfect creamy texture, you may want to use a hand held or power blender, but be sure that you only fill the container about half way and cover it well, because this mixture will be hot, and you would not want to burn yourself.

12 oz broccoli (with stems)

2 tsp butter

1 onion (halved, sliced)

1 leek (sliced)

4 tbsp white rice

4 cups chicken or vegetable stock

1 bay leaf

1 cup heavy cream

salt and pepper to taste

fDIRECTIONS

1.Remove florets from stems and set aside. Using a vegetable peeler peel stems. Chop stems into small pieces.

2. Bring a small pot of salted water to boil and drop in broccoli florets cook for 1-2 minutes until bright green and barely tender.

3. Heat butter in a large sauce pan over medium heat and add onion and leek cook for 3-4 minutes. Stirring frequently until onion is soft.

4. Add broccoli stems, rice, stock, and bay leaf with a pinch of salt. Bring to boil reduce heat and simmer for 30-35 minutes. When rice and vegetables are real soft remove from heat discard bay leaf.

5. Allow soup to cool slightly and add floretes then puree until smooth using a blender or food processor.

6. Return to a clean sauce pan place over medium-low heat. then add cream adjust seasoning and simmer for 5-10 minutes until heated through stirring occasionally. Then serve

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