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Addictive Cream of Broccoli Soup

A home-style Addictive Cream of Broccoli Soup made with Fresh Broccoli, Butter, Garlic Chopped, Chervil, and Salt. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

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Ingredients

• 2
• 1/2 lb
• 2
• 1 tbsp
• 1 tsp
• 1 tsp
• 3 cup
• 1
• 1/4 cup
• 1/8 tsp
• 1/8 tsp
• 1 cup
• 1/3 cup
• 1/3 cup

Method (preview)

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   (1) Cut broccoli into bite-size pieces. Discard the hard stem pieces, but

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   Keep tender leaves and stem parts. (2) Steam the cut broccoli for about 5-8 minutes, until just bright green

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   In color.

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   Do not over- cook. (3) In a 10-inch enameled (non-metal) skillet, heat 6 oz of butter until: melted.

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   Add chopped garlic and wait until butter is hot enough to: cook in.

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   Add steamed broccoli, then chervil to the skillet.

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   Salt the broccoli. (4) Cover, and cook over medium low heat, stirring occasionally with a: wooden spoon, for another 5-10 minutes or until the broccoli turns a: darker green color and becomes very soft. (5) Mash the broccoli right in the skillet until no large pieces remain.

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   Pieces remaining that are too big to fit in a soup spoon. (6) While broccoli is cooking, add beaten egg yolk to 2 cups of milk. (7) Put 3 Tbsp butter into a 2-3 quart saucepan.

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   Use enamel or glass for: best soup flavor.

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    Metal pans will make this soup bitter.

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    Melt butter

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    And add flour.

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    When the flour bubbles and starts to cook, add the: egg/milk mixture into the saucepan.

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    Add the cardamom, mace, and white

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    Pepper. Stir con- tents of saucepan constantly with wooden spoon

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    Until thick.

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    Lower the cooking heat. (8) Empty the mashed broccoli mixture into the sau- cepan.

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    Stir until: well-mixed.

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    Slowly stir in the remaining milk and the cream.

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    As the soup becomes hot enough to cook again, add the grated cheeses. (9) Turn the heat down lower and simmer for about 5 more minutes, stirring

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    To allow the cheeses to melt and mix while the table is being set.

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    Serve immediately and retire quickly so as not to be trampled by those

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    Who smelled it cooking.