Healthy Broccoli Soup With Cheddar Croutons Recipe Video
Here you’ll see the classic, and very simple, technique for homemade vegetable soups. I’m using broccoli, but almost any vegetable will work. I am a disciple of the Gordon Ramsey School of vegetable soups. It’s basically the vegetable, some stock or water, just cooked until tender, pureed and seasoned simply. His “crazy” theory is that the star of the bowl should be the featured vegetable itself.
The cheddar croutons you’ll also see in the demo really make it special, as well as providing an excuse to use my culinary blow-torch!! The chewy, cheesy garnish is a perfect contrast to our minimalist soup approach.
I also hope that after watching this clip you seriously consider getting a good immersion blender, which are also sometimes called stick blenders. They are fairly cheap and an incredibly handy tool for making soup at home the simple pleasure it should be. It’s also fantastic for making salad dressings and sauces, as you’ll see in other clips. By the way, if you don’t have one of these stick blenders, don’t worry. Just carefully use your blender by blending a few small batches at a time to avoid the dreaded “flying scalding soup” situation. Enjoy.
Ingredients
Broccoli - 2 heads
Butter - 1 tablespoon
Garlic - 1 clove
Chicken stock - 1 quart
Heavy cream - 1/3 cup
Sliced bread
Cheddar cheese
Cayenne pepper
Salt - to taste
Directions
MAKING
1) Toast the bread slices and top it with the grated cheese.
2) Torch the cheese for a few minutes to melt it.
3) In a 4 quart saucepan placed over heat, add the butter and crushed garlic.
4) Turn the heat to high, stir the ingredients for about 15 seconds and then add the stock.
5) Once the stock starts to boil, add the broccoli. Keep the heat on high.
6) Stir lightly and let the ingredients cook.
7) Let the soup simmer for about 8 minutes.
8) Lower the heat and with an hand blender, blend the soup for a few minutes.
9) Spice the soup with salt and red pepper. Top with the cream and blend once again.
SERVING
10) Put the soup in a soup bowl and top with the toasted cheddar bread slice. Serve right away. Makes an excellent appetizer.
1) Toast the bread slices and top it with the grated cheese.
2) Torch the cheese for a few minutes to melt it.
3) In a 4 quart saucepan placed over heat, add the butter and crushed garlic.
4) Turn the heat to high, stir the ingredients for about 15 seconds and then add the stock.
5) Once the stock starts to boil, add the broccoli. Keep the heat on high.
6) Stir lightly and let the ingredients cook.
7) Let the soup simmer for about 8 minutes.
8) Lower the heat and with an hand blender, blend the soup for a few minutes.
9) Spice the soup with salt and red pepper. Top with the cream and blend once again.
SERVING
10) Put the soup in a soup bowl and top with the toasted cheddar bread slice. Serve right away. Makes an excellent appetizer.
Editors Review
My family never eats broccoli especially when its just steamed or sauteed but when I make this delicious cream of broccoli soup with cheesy croutons, they are almost licking their bowls to the last drop. This broccoli soup is really easy to make and is doesn't use white sauce like other cream soups so is much healthier. I make the croutons under the broiler cause I don't have a blow-torch. This recipe can be used to make any vegetable soup and is my favorite cause its really simple.Questions, Comments and Reviews
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