Friday, November 18, 2011

Broccoli Cheese Soup

This is a double batch.

Ingredients:

2 heads of broccoli
8 cups of chicken broth
3-4 pieces of garlic
1 stick of butter
12 TBL of flour
2 blocks of cheddar cheese
4 C milk of cream

Boil broccoli in the chicken broth with the garlic until tender. Transfer broccoli to food processor.  Process broccoli until it is smooth. Tranfer it back to the chicken broth. Cut the cheese up into the broccoli and chicken broth. Meanwhile, in another pan, melt butter. Once butter is melted, whisk in the flour to make a roux. after the flour is incorporated, mix it into the broccoli soup. Bring the mix to a boil. After soup becomes thicker, add the milk or cream. Heat just until the cream is heated. Enjoy!

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