Recipe: Appetizing Broccoli and Stilton soup

Broccoli and Stilton soup. This soup is delicious and so easy to prepare. I was afraid the cheese would be the dominant flavor but it's not. The broccoli shines through and the blue Made using fresh broccoli and garlic cloves and served with toasted french bread spread with creamy stilton.

Transfer the blended mixture to a pan and bring gently to a simmer. A pureed broccoli, potato soup is heightened with the addition of blue cheese. "Delicious with the salty tang of Stilton. Serve with fresh baguette." This winter warmer will swallow up your leftover Christmas cheese, but should you start with shallots and use chicken stock? You can cook Broccoli and Stilton soup using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Broccoli and Stilton soup

1. It's 2 tbsp of rapeseed oil.
2. Prepare 1 of onion, finely chopped.
3. You need 1 stick of celery, sliced.
4. Prepare 1 of leek, sliced.
5. You need 1 of medium potato, diced.
6. It's 1 litre of homemade chicken or vegetable stock.
7. It's 1 head of broccoli, roughly chopped.
8. You need 140 g of Stilton, or other blue cheese, crumbled.
9. You need 1 clove of garlic.
10. You need of small pack of flat leaf parsley or coriander.
11. Prepare 1 of two whole black pepper.
12. Prepare 1 tsp of peppercorns.
13. It's of .

And does it need double cream? An easy soup recipe, great for using up leftover stilton or other blue cheese. Slice the shallot and sweat down in the butter. Remove the florets from the stalk of broccoli and chop into very small pieces.

Broccoli and Stilton soup step by step

1. Heat the rapeseed oil in a large saucepan and then add the onions. Cook on a medium heat until soft. Add a splash of water if the onions start to catch..
2. Pour in the stock and add any chunky bits of broccoli stalk, celery and potato. Cook for 10 – 15 minutes until all the vegetables are soft..
3. Add the rest of the broccoli and cook for a further 5 minutes. Carefully transfer to a blender and blitz until smooth. Stir in the stilton, allowing a few lumps to remain. Season with black pepper and serve..
4. Add the peppercorns, this gives it an additional 'bite'.; but can be left out.
5. Still in the chopper herbs just before serving.

Broccoli and Stilton soup my kids love. I have always been lucky that both my boys enjoy eating healthy food so much so we've nicknamed Alexander 'Gwynnie', he literally snacks on coconut flakes and cucumber sticks. My eldest loves fruit but veggies can sometimes be a tough sale for him. Our broccoli and stilton soup is an excellent mid-week dinner and a great way to use up scraps of leftover cheese. A classic vegetarian soup, this recipe is a delicious winter warmer - and freezable too - making it ideal for storing away to use as a delicious lunch or dinner days when you're too tired.