Chilled Broccoli Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in medium sized stock pot, and saute onion and celery until tender. Add broccoli and broth, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Pour the soup into a blender, filling the pitcher no more than halfway full. Hold down the lid of the blender with a folded kitchen towel, and carefully start the blender, using a few quick pulses to get the soup moving before leaving it on to puree. Puree in batches until smooth and pour into a clean pot. Alternately, you can use a stick blender and puree the soup right in the cooking pot.
• In small saucepan, over medium-heat melt 3 tablespoons butter, stir in flour and add milk. Stir until thick and bubbly, and add to soup. Season with pepper and serve.

Steps:

• Cut the broccoli florets from the stems. Peel the tough outer skin from the stems and trim off the fibrous ends. Cut the stems lengthwise into slices about 1/2-inch thick and then crosswise into 1/2-inch pieces.
• Heat the olive oil and butter in a soup pot over medium-high heat until hot. Add the garlic and cook until light brown. Add the onion and celery, lower the heat to medium, and season with salt and pepper. Cook the vegetables slowly until tender, about 10 minutes. Regulate the heat so the vegetables cook without taking on color.
• Add the thyme and stir. Add the broccoli stems, stock, and salt and pepper, to taste, and bring to a boil. Cook, uncovered, for about 3 minutes. Add the florets and continue to cook until very tender, about 5 minutes more.
• Puree the soup in a blender in small batches. Add some of the spinach and some of the lemon zest to each batch and then puree it. (The soup can be made to this point, covered, and refrigerated for up to 1 day or frozen for up to 1 month.)
• Return the soup to the pan and reheat over gentle heat. Stir in the cream. Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper. Keep warm.
• Chef's Note: When I plan on finishing a dish with the addition of a dairy product, as I do here with cream, I often add a dairy product early in the cooking, too, as I do with the butter in the initial cooking of the vegetables. It melds the flavors.

Steps:

• Heat butter in a large pot over medium heat. Saute onion until softened, about 4 minutes. Stir in milk, bring to a boil, and simmer for 4 minutes.
• Cook the broccoli florets in rapidly boiling salted water until tender, about 5 minutes. Drain in a colander and rinse under cold water to set the bright green color. Drain.
• Puree the milk mixture with broccoli in a blender. Return the soup to the saucepan and heat thoroughly. Season with salt and pepper. Serve lukewarm to warm. Garnish each serving with a dollop of yogurt.

Steps:

• 1. Trim off the large leaves on the broccoli, and remove the tough end of the lower stalks. Wash broccoli thoroughly. Remove the tough skin on the stalk, then chop all the broccoli coarsely. Set aside.
• 2. Saute onion and garlic in oil in a 3-quart saucepan over medium heat until tender. Add the water and bouillon cubes, stirring until the bouillon cubes dissolve.
• 3. Add the reserved broccoli, parsley, and rosemary; bring to a boil. Cover; reduce heat, and simmer for 15 minutes.
• 4. Transfer half of the broccoli mixture to a blender; process on high speed 1 minute or until smooth, stopping once to scrape down the sides. Repeat the procedure with the remaining half of the broccoli mixtre.
• 5. Stir in the lemon juice. Cover and chill. To serve, ladele soup into individual soup bowls. Top each serving with yogurt.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat; cook the onion, carrot and garlic for 5 minutes.
• Stir in the stock and bring to a boil; add the broccoli.
• Reduce the heat and simmer, covered, until the broccoli is tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
• In a blender or food processor, puree the soup in batches and transfer to a glass bowl.
• Stir in the cream; season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or until chilled.
• Sprinkle with parsley just before serving.
• If you prefer hot soup, serve when ready with a sprinkling of chopped parsley on each serving.