King Arthur's Cream of Broccoli Soup

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Cream of Broccoli Soup (king Arthur)

 

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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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3 cups vegetable broth

2 medium onions -- chopped

4 cups broccoli cuts -- fresh, or 1 16-oz. bag or 2 10-oz.

packages frozen

1 teaspoon thyme

1 bay leaf

2 small garlic cloves

4 tablespoons butter or margarine

2 tablespoons King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 dash pepper

2 cups milk -- half and half, or evaporated milk

 

 

Combine vegetable broth, onions, broccoli, thyme, bay leaf and garlic cloves.

Bring to a boil. Simmer, partially covered, for 10 minutes.

 

In a small saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour, salt and pepper. Add milk

gradually, stirring constantly until all milk is added; mixture will be lumpy at

first, but will smooth out as you keep stirring. Cook, stirring occasionally,

till mixture bubbles and thickens.

 

Remove and discard bay leaf from broccoli/broth mixture. Pur‚e in batches in

blender or food processor for 30 seconds, or until very smooth.

 

Transfer to large bowl. Add milk mixture, stirring until well combined.

 

Adjust seasoning. Serve hot.

 

Source:

" From KingArthurFlour.com "

S(Originally Appeared):

" This recipe reprinted from King Arthur Flour's Baking Sheet, Vol.

III, No. 3, January-February, 1992. "

Copyright:

" Copyright 2002, The King Arthur Flour Company. All rights reserved. "

 

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 1291 Calories; 74g Fat (50.9% calories

from fat); 37g Protein; 124g Carbohydrate; 14g Dietary Fiber; 198mg Cholesterol;

6660mg Sodium. Exchanges: 5 Grain(Starch); 3 1/2 Vegetable; 2 Non-Fat Milk; 15

Fat.

 

NOTES : Ah, creamed soup! That standby of childhood... a friend at the

sickbed... and the final resting place of many a leftover. Creamed soup can be

as simple as cooked, pur‚ed vegetables with a little broth added, or as fancy as

a highly spiced mixture of pumpkin, curry and heavy cream. This all-purpose

cream of broccoli soup falls somewhere in the middle. It's a lovely

emerald-green, just the thing to set on the table when the winter landscape

outside varies only from white to gray to brown. Other vegetables can be

substituted for the broccoli in equal amounts, with only slight variations in

seasoning. This recipe comes from Loell Rodgers of beautiful Morrill, Maine,

who knows all about long winters!

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