Broccoli Cheddar Soup

 

Ingredients:

½ medium onion, chopped
4 cloves of garlic, minced
¼ cup melted butter
¼ cup flour
2 cups of heavy cream
2 cups of chicken stock
2 large crowns of broccoli, chopped
8 oz extra sharp white cheddar cheese, grated
¼ tsp nutmeg
Salt and pepper

Preparation:

In a large pot, sauté onion and garlic in butter without letting them brown, and set aside. Melt butter and whisk in the flour, stirring constantly for 3 minutes. Then, add the heavy cream, still stirring. When blended together, add the chicken stock, stirring constantly, and let simmer for 15 minutes. Add the onions, garlic, and broccoli, and simmer for another 20 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste. Lastly, add the cheese, stirring until the cheese is completely melted. (Shredding the cheese helps this quicken this step). Add in the nutmeg, and serve.

Serves 4.

organic sharp white cheddar, kimberton whole foods.

organic broccoli, kimberton whole foods.

organic onion, turning roots farm.

organic flour, kimberton whole foods.

organic nutmeg, kimberton whole foods.

organic garlic, kimberton whole foods.

organic heavy whipping cream, seven stars farm!

organic chicken stock, homemade.

caramelized onions.

pouring the stock into the roux.

broccoli into the pot.

stirring in the cheddar.

Campania Minestrone

Ingredients:

3 cloves of garlic thinly sliced
1 medium onion, sliced into rings
9 cups of vegetable stock
7 oz green beans, chopped into thirds
5 carrots, chopped
6 stalks of celery, chopped
1 large russet potato, chopped
2 leeks, cut into ¼ inch rings, lighter part only
10 oz of savoy cabbage, sliced thinly
5 oz shelled peas
3 ½ oz soup pasta
1 handful of chopped parsley
Salt and pepper

Preparation:

In a large pot, add onion and garlic. When they begin to turn slightly brown, pour in the vegetable stock, bring to a boil, and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the green beans, celery, potatoes and carrots, and simmer for 10 minutes. Then add the leeks and cabbage, and simmer for another 5 minutes. Lastly, add in the peas and pasta, and simmer for the final 10 minutes. Add in parsley right before serving.

Serves  6-8.

organic celery, kimberton whole foods.

organic onion and garlic, turning roots farm.

organic green beans, kimberton whole foods.

organic russet potato, kimberton whole foods.

organic carrots, kimberton whole foods.

organic soup pasta, kimberton whole foods.

organic savoy cabbage, kimberton whole foods.

organic leeks, kimberton whole foods.

organic peas, kimberton whole foods.

organic flat leaf parsley, kimberton whole foods.

organic vegetable stock, homemade.

pouring in cabbage and leeks.

pouring in peas.

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