After being blessed with a week of nice weather, this week we were given a dose of bad weather. Which gave me a perfectly good excuse to stay indoors and test out some new recipes.
This recipe happened because I had some broccoli that expired yesterday and rather than throw it out, I made some soup. This soup recipe is by no means my creation but inspired from Diethood.com’s Panera inspired recipe. I switched the plain flour and made mine with coconut flour. For the stock, I used a freshly made chicken bone broth recipe that I threw together. Recipe is also below. Hope you enjoy this soup as much as I have!
Ingredients
- 5 tablespoons butter, divided
- 1 yellow onion, chopped
- 1 to 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 3 carrots, sliced into thin rounds
- pinch salt(high quality salt if you have it, I recommend Le Paludier de Guérande)
- ¼ cup shifted coconut flour
- 2 cups milk
- 2 1/2 cups chicken bone broth
- 1 bay leaf
- 450g of broccoli
- salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
- ⅛ teaspoon paprika
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- 8 ounces shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large saucepan or soup pot.
- Add onion, garlic, carrots, and pinch of salt; cook over medium-low heat for 5 minutes.
- Melt rest of butter in a medium heat pan, then turn off and put in a mixing bowl.
- Whisk in flour; whisk until incorporated.
- Slowly add milk and continue to whisk until everything is well combined and there are no clumps.
- Whisk in bone broth, add bay leaf, and turn up heat to high; bring soup to a boil.
- Add the broccoli florets, season with salt and pepper, and cook over medium heat for 20 minutes.
- Pour batches of soup into a blender or use a sick blender, and puree.
- Return soup to the soup-pot; continue to cook over low heat and add the grated cheese; stir until melted and completely combined.
- Stir in the paprika and nutmeg.
- Remove from heat.
- Taste for seasoning and adjust accordingly.
- Serve.
If you have the time to make broth, here is the recipe. If you are short on time, use ready made stock or stock cubes.
Bone Broth Ingredients
- 1 roasted chicken carcass
- 1 beef bone marrow(if you have it)
- 5 sprigs of fresh thyme
- 1 apple core
- 3 scallions
- 1 organic unwaxed lemon (quartered)
- 2 bay leaves
Instructions
- Throw everything in the pot.
- Pour enough filtered water until it covers the bones.
- Let everything cook for 2-3 hours.
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