Broccoli Potato Soup With Greens Food

BROCCOLI-POTATO SOUP WITH GREENS

Steps:

• In large saucepan combine potatoes and broth. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, for 8 minutes. Mash slightly. Add broccoli and milk; bring just to simmering.
• In a medium bowl toss flour with the 2 cups cheese; gradually add to soup, stirring cheese until melted. Season to taste with pepper. Ladle soup into shallow serving bowls. Top with greens and additional cheese.

BEST CREAM OF BROCCOLI AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a stockpot over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic in the melted butter until tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Add potato and broccoli stems; generously season with salt and pepper. Pour broth into potato mixture, cover, and simmer until potatoes are softened, about 10 minutes.
• Mix broccoli florets into soup and simmer until broccoli is tender, about 5 minutes. Blend soup with an immersion blender until smooth.
• Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a small saucepan over medium heat; whisk flour, milk, and heavy cream into melted butter. Season with salt and pepper. Whisk milk mixture until bubbling and thickened, about 5 minutes. Whisk thickened milk mixture into soup until incorporated; adjust salt and pepper.

BROCCOLI & POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the first seven ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 10-15 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Stir in broccoli; return to a boil., In a small bowl, whisk flour and milk until smooth; stir into soup. Cook and stir 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat; cool slightly., Process in batches in a blender until smooth. Return to pan; heat through. Sprinkle servings with cheese and parsley.

VERY GREEN BROCCOLI SOUP

Steps:

• Cut broccoli florets from stems. Peel tough outer skin from stems; trim off fibrous ends. Cut stems into 1/2-inch pieces.
• In 4-quart Dutch oven, heat oil and butter over medium-high heat until butter is melted. Add garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, until light brown. Stir in onion and celery; season with salt. Reduce heat to medium-low; cook about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender.
• Meanwhile, in small bowl, stir together gremolata ingredients; set aside.
• Stir thyme, broccoli stems and broth into soup. Heat to boiling. Cook uncovered over medium heat about 3 minutes. Stir in broccoli florets; cook about 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until broccoli is very tender. Stir in spinach and lemon peel (spinach will wilt).
• In blender, cover and puree soup in small batches. (At this point, soup can be covered and refrigerated up to 1 day or frozen up to 1 month.) Return soup to Dutch oven; reheat over medium-low heat. Stir in cream; season to taste with additional salt and the pepper.
• Ladle soup into warm individual soup bowls. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon gremolata onto each serving. Pass remaining gremolata at table.

SEARED BROCCOLI AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large soup pot, heat 2 tablespoons of oil over high heat. Add about a third of the broccoli, just enough so that it covers the bottom of the pan in a single layer without overcrowding. Cook broccoli without moving it for about 3 to 4 minutes, or until dark brown on 1 side only (leave the other side bright green). Transfer to a big bowl and repeat with remaining broccoli and more oil. When all the broccoli has been browned, season with 1 teaspoon salt and set aside.
• Reduce heat to medium-low. Add butter and remaining 2 tablespoons of oil to pan. Add onions and garlic, black and red peppers, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cook onion-garlic mixture until soft and translucent, about 4 minutes. Add potato to the pot with 1 quart water and remaining 1 teaspoon salt. Bring to a simmer, cover pot and cook until potato is just tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Add broccoli, cover again and cook until tender, another 5 to 10 minutes.
• Add lemon zest and roughly purée soup with an immersion or regular blender, leaving some small chunks for texture. Stir in lemon juice. Finish with grated Parmesan, a drizzle of olive oil, black pepper and flaky sea salt.

BROCCOLI-POTATO SOUP WITH GREENS

Steps:

• In large saucepan combine potatoes and broth.
• Bring to boiling; reduce heat.
• Simmer, covered, 8 minutes. Mash slightly.
• Add broccoli and milk; bring just to simmering.
• In medium bowl toss flour with cheese; gradually add to soup, stirring cheese until melted.
• Season to taste with black pepper.
• Divide among shallow serving bowls.
• Top with greens and additonal cheese if desired. .

POTATO SOUP WITH BROCCOLI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Bake the potatoes for 1 hour or until done. Remove the skin from the potatoes (optional) and cut into large chucks.
• In a heavy skillet fry the bacon, once cooked remove from skillet, crumble and keep warm. In the left over bacon grease sauté the broccoli, onion, garlic, celery and garlic; continue to sauté until the chopped onion is soft and the broccoli is a brighter green but still crisp.
• Transfer the sauté veggies and any excess grease into a medium pot and stir in flour until all the grease has been absorbed by flour. Over medium-low heat, whisk in the chicken stock, milk and sour cream. Once the liquid is warm stir in the cream cheese, dijon, parsley and parmesan; continue to stir until cream cheese has melted, about 5 minutes. Stir in the potatoes along with salt, pepper and any dried herbs you'd like. Once everything is well combined remove from heat and ladle the soup into individual bowls and top with crumbled bacon.