Cream of Broccoli Soup
A bright green broccoli soup blended smooth with a little potato for body and finished with cream — the peeled stalks go in too, and a short simmer is what keeps the colour vivid rather than khaki.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 600 g broccoli (florets and stalks)
- 200 g potato, diced
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, sliced
- 30 g butter
- 1 l vegetable stock, hot
- 100 ml single cream
- 1 pinch nutmeg, freshly grated
- to taste salt and black pepper
- 2 tbsp flaked almonds, toasted, to serve
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 1209 kcal · P 42.1g · C 104.1g · F 79.3g
Estimated from 9 of 10 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Peel the tough outer skin off the broccoli stalks and slice them thinly, then cut the head into small florets.
- 2Melt the butter in a pot over medium heat and soften the onion for 6 minutes without colouring, then add the garlic for 1 minute.
- 3Add the potato, the sliced stalks and the hot stock, bring to the boil and simmer 10 minutes.
- 4Add the florets and simmer 5–6 minutes only, until just tender when pierced with a knife — any longer and the broccoli turns olive-grey and sulphurous.
- 5Take off the heat and blend straight away until completely smooth.
- 6Stir in the cream and the nutmeg, season with salt and pepper and reheat gently without boiling.
- 7Serve with the toasted almonds scattered over.
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Questions and answers
How long does Cream of Broccoli Soup take to make?
About 40 minutes: 15 min prep and 25 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Cream of Broccoli Soup?
10 ingredients: broccoli, potato, onion, garlic cloves, butter, vegetable stock, single cream, nutmeg, salt and black pepper, flaked almonds.
How many servings does this Cream of Broccoli Soup recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Cream of Broccoli Soup?
About 302 kcal, with 10.5 g protein, 26 g carbohydrate and 19.8 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Cream of Broccoli Soup recipe suit?
It is vegetarian.
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