How To Cook Cream Of Broccoli And Blue Cheese Soup - Recipe

The aroma of warm vegetable cream broccoli soup caresses the senses and excites the appetite. It is especially suitable for serving as an appetizer or for a light dinner. Hot or cold, vegetable cream soup is extremely useful and can be served both in the hot summer days and in the cold winter. The addition of seasonal vegetables to broccoli makes the soup a real wealth of nutrients useful for human health. You can bring an extra note of spiciness and pleasant taste by sprinkling with crushed blue cheese . If you like to experiment, use cheddar cheese, gouda or plain yellow cheese. Baked crispy croutons with aromatic spices will make the dish perfect and complete. This recipe for cream soup with broccoli is for 4 servings, and cooked will take you about 40 minutes.

Necessary products for the preparation of cream soup of broccoli and blue cheese:

• 250 grams of broccoli, chopped in bulk
• 140 grams of blue cheese (or yellow cheese)
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 stalk of celery, finely chopped
• 1 stalk of leek, finely chopped
• 1 diced potato
• 1 liter of vegetable or chicken broth
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons oil or olive oil

How to prepare the soup with broccoli and blue cheese:

Put a large saucepan on the stove. Heat the oil or olive oil in it over medium heat. Fry the onion in the fat until it softens and darkens. Add a little water if it starts to burn.

Add celery, leeks and potatoes. Then add the butter and stir until completely melted. Cover the pan with a lid and let the mixture simmer for 4-5 minutes.

Remove the lid of the pot and pour the broth and broccoli into it. Let the soup simmer for at least 15 minutes to soften all the vegetables.

After removing from the heat, beat it with a blender until thick and smooth. You can leave a few whole broccoli florets to add to the soup afterwards.

Serve warm and grate the blue cheese (or yellow cheese) on top. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Have a good time!

Tip for proper cooking of broccoli

Perfectly cooked broccoli has an appetizing appearance - bright green color, pleasant taste, tender and crunchy texture. To avoid mashing them, immerse them in ice water after heat treatment. This will stop cooking and preserve the color, aroma and most of their useful nutrients (vitamins and minerals).

Interesting facts about broccoli

• Broccoli is often cooked or steamed, but can also be eaten raw.
• Did you know that broccoli contains more vitamin C than oranges. An orange has about 51 milligrams of vitamin C, and a cup of chopped broccoli has about 81 milligrams of the vitamin.
• 100 grams of broccoli contains only 34 calories, which makes them a suitable low-calorie food to add to diets for weight loss.
• Genetically, broccoli is the same plant as kale, cauliflower, alabaster and other vegetables in the cabbage family.
• Broccoli has been considered a very valuable food by the Italians since the Roman Empire. When they were first introduced to England in the mid-18th century, broccoli was called "Italian asparagus".