Recipe: Perfect Broccoli Cheese Soup

Broccoli Cheese Soup.

You can cook Broccoli Cheese Soup using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Broccoli Cheese Soup

1. You need 3 tbsp of butter.
2. Prepare 2 tbsp of cold butter, cubed.
3. You need 1/2 cup of yellow onion, diced.
4. You need 1/2 cup of sliced leek, white part only, well rinsed.
5. It's 1/2 tsp of sea salt.
6. Prepare 1/2 tsp of cracked pepper.
7. You need 1 pinch of fresh grated nutmeg.
8. It's 1 clove of garlic, minced.
9. It's 1 tsp of fresh thyme, chopped.
10. You need 3 cup of vegetable broth.
11. Prepare 3 of each heads of broccoli florets, chopped.
12. It's 1/2 cup of heavy cream.
13. You need 1 1/4 cup of grated cheddar.
14. You need 3 tbsp of flour, use rice flour for gluten free.

Broccoli Cheese Soup instructions

1. In a large stock pot, saute onions a leek in 3 tablespoons of butter with salt, pepper and nutmeg- until softened,.
2. Add garlic and thyme until fragrant, 30 seconds.
3. Sprinkle flour in and cook about 2 minutes.
4. Slowly whisk in broth, stirring constantly, and bring to a boil.
5. Reduced heat and let simmer for five minutes.
6. Add broccoli florets and continue simmering for 20 minutes until broccoli is tender.
7. Add cream and simmer until warmed through.
8. Stir in cheese until melted.
9. Stir in cold butter.