Recipe courtesy of White House Executive Chef Cris Comerford
Broccoli Soup
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 6 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 6 servings
- Calories
- 253
- Total Fat
- 7
- Saturated Fat
- 2
- Carbohydrates
- 37
- Dietary Fiber
- 8
- Sugar
- 13
- Protein
- 16
- Cholesterol
- 15
- Sodium
- 1387
- Total: 50 min
- Prep: 15 min
- Cook: 35 min
Ingredients
1 tablespoon butter
6 garlic cloves, sliced
4 shallots, sliced
1 leek, white part only, sliced
1 sprig thyme
1 small onion, sliced
2 heads broccoli, stems sliced, and green tips reserved for puree
8 cups chicken stock
1 bay leaf
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- In a medium-size saucepan, over medium heat, add the garlic, shallots, leeks, onion and thyme. Sweat in the butter until fragrant.
- Add the broccoli stem slices and saute until softened.
- Pour in the chicken stock and bay leaf and simmer for about 20 minutes.
- In the meantime, blanch the broccoli tips in a pot of boiling water over medium heat until bright green. Remove the tips from the water and "shock" in a bowl of iced water.
- Drain the green tips and puree in a blender. Set aside.
- Puree the soup in a blender and strain through a fine chinoise into a large serving bowl.
- Add the green tip puree and season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Serve piping hot.