I’ve been craving a big bowl of Cream of Broccoli soup so I decided to make a pot of homemade soup. The surprise is that this is made from scratch, but easy to make and doesn’t take much time (about 30 minutes). We love it and I think you’re going to love it too! It’s that time of the year in the garden – it’s broccoli time! Every day we’re battling against rising temperatures to pick the broccoli before it bolts, and everyday we come home from the garden with a basket filled with beautiful broccoli heads! (Garden Tip: Here’s how to grow broccoli from seeds!).
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Ingredients You Need
This is a healthy soup using multiple fresh vegetables and herbs, along with kitchen staples. There’s nothing fancy you need, in fact you probably already have all the ingredients!
Directions to Make Cream of Broccoli Soup
This is a quick soup that is ready in about 30 minutes. It’s broken up into a couple simple parts. Prep. You’ll need to mince garlic, and chop up onion, celery and broccoli. Soup Pot. Using a large soup pot, you’re going to melt butter and then saute your garlic, onion and celery. Add in your broccoli and broth and simmer (covered) until the broccoli is soft. Mash. I recommend using a potato masher to mash up the soup so it’s half smooth, half chunky. This tastes more like old fashioned cream of broccoli soup. Since you’re cooking the broccoli until it’s soft, a potato masher should easily do the trick by hand. If you’re going after a silky smooth soup, then you can use a immersion blender or regular blender and pulse until creamy (careful, it’s hot). Saucepan. Make a creamy mixture of butter and flour in a small saucepan, and then whisk in milk and heavy cream. Cook until this mixture is thick. If you want to use all milk and no heavy cream, that’s ok. Final Step. Pour your milk mixture into your large soup pot, and add a pinch of nutmeg (don’t forget this – adds something special). Stir to combine everything. Serve. Serve the soup in bowls, adding grated Parmesan cheese on top, along with fresh basil and dill (optional – but if you have it in the garden, use it!). I also added some extra heavy cream on top just to make pretty pictures, but this isn’t really necessary as your family will probably be begging for dinner by this time! 🙂 I like to serve this soup with a delicious bread like Homemade Crockpot Bread or Fluffy Rolls I make in the Bread Machine. Pin for later: browse all broccoli recipes
