Ciaran’s Omnipurpose Blog

This warming soup is a big favourite in the house and with friends. I took about 4 litres of it to a dinner party for 6 as a starter and the guests got to third helpings by the time the soup was all gone. Like most soups, it’s incredibly simple to make. This recipe serves 4.

Ingredients

• 350g broccoli
• 400ml  vegetable stock
• 25g butter
• 1 onion, chopped
• 50g Stilton, crumbled, or to taste
• 100ml creme fraiche
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• pinch freshly grated nutmeg

Method

• Chop the broccoli into chunks, florets and stalks.
• Steam the broccoli in a pan until tender.
• Whilst the broccoli is steaming, fry the onion in the butter for about a minute
• Shove the broccoli, stock, onion, Stilton into a blender and blend until lumpy
• Add the creme fraiche. Blend again until smooth
• Transfer the soup to a saucepan and simmer.
• Add nutmeg and pepper to taste