Broccoli Cheese Soup.
You can cook Broccoli Cheese Soup using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Broccoli Cheese Soup
- You need 3 tbsp of butter.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of cold butter, cubed.
- It's 1/2 cup of yellow onion, diced.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of sliced leek, white part only, well rinsed.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of sea salt.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of cracked pepper.
- It's 1 pinch of fresh grated nutmeg.
- It's 1 clove of garlic, minced.
- Prepare 1 tsp of fresh thyme, chopped.
- You need 3 cup of vegetable broth.
- You need 3 of each heads of broccoli florets, chopped.
- You need 1/2 cup of heavy cream.
- Prepare 1 1/4 cup of grated cheddar.
- Prepare 3 tbsp of flour, use rice flour for gluten free.
Broccoli Cheese Soup instructions
- In a large stock pot, saute onions a leek in 3 tablespoons of butter with salt, pepper and nutmeg- until softened,.
- Add garlic and thyme until fragrant, 30 seconds.
- Sprinkle flour in and cook about 2 minutes.
- Slowly whisk in broth, stirring constantly, and bring to a boil.
- Reduced heat and let simmer for five minutes.
- Add broccoli florets and continue simmering for 20 minutes until broccoli is tender.
- Add cream and simmer until warmed through.
- Stir in cheese until melted.
- Stir in cold butter.