BEST EVER BROCCOLI SOUP RECIPES

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a medium stock pot over medium heat. 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 an immersion blender and puree the soup right in the cooking pot.
• Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a small saucepan over medium to medium-low heat; stir in flour and add milk. Stir until thick and bubbly, and add to soup. Season with pepper and serve.

Steps:

• Finely chop the onion, carrots, and celery. Mince the garlic. Chop broccoli into 1/2-inch florets, and finely chop any broccoli stems. Set garlic and broccoli aside.
• Melt the butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onion, carrots, celery, and salt. Saute until vegetables are softened, 6-7 minutes.
• Add the minced garlic and mustard and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Sprinkle the flour over vegetables and stir to evenly coat.
• Stream the broth and milk into the pot, stirring to dissolve the flour. Season soup with the salt and pepper, then add broccoli.
• Bring the soup to a low boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer, stirring once or twice, until broccoli is just tender, about 10 minutes.
• Turn off the heat, but leave pot on the stove. Add half of the cheese in two additions, stirring after each, until completely melted.
• Mince the parsley. Ladle soup into bowls and sprinkle with parsley. Add salt and freshly ground pepper to soup if desired.