Broccoli Soup Au Gratin – Sparse To Win!

It was ane of those weeks. The vacation pushed me off schedule yesteryear a day; they’re doing structure adjacent door, which way I can’t tape at certainly times; in addition to if that wasn’t enough, this amazing looking soup was a total disaster – a temporary disaster – but a disaster nonetheless.

The expert intelligence is, I saved it inwards the end, in addition to hopefully we’ll all move meliorate for it. Turns out a cheesy crouton, similar ane you’d bask on a French onion soup, is a terrible idea, if your soup is extra thick, in addition to bordering on a purée.

I came roughly tossing everything, in addition to ordering pizza, but what variety of event would that set? So I thinned it out, passed it through a burn mesh strainer, in addition to gave it some other try. This made it significantly better, in addition to the element amounts seen below accept been adjusted, in addition to then y'all should become a texture similar to my terminal version.

I’m non certainly when/if I’ll attempt this again, but if I do, I’ll role pocket-size croutons, in addition to then I tin give the axe consume it without drenching all the cheesy breadstuff alongside the start out few bites. While I officially promise y'all give this a attempt soon, I secretly promise y'all experiment alongside meliorate soup choices to role this potentially cracking technique. Enjoy!  

Ingredients for half dozen portions:

2 tablespoon melted unsalted butter

1 large onion, diced

2 teaspoons kosher salt, addition likely to a greater extent than to taste
3 cloves minced garlic

2 pounds broccoli, trimmed

5 to half dozen cups broth, or every bit needed to conform texture

1/2 loving cup heavy cream

pinch freshly grated nutmeg

freshly lay down dark pepper to gustation

cayenne to taste

6 circular crispy croutons the same size every bit your crock (or three cups of petty salad croutons)

3 cups shredded abrupt cheddar, gruyere, or combination of the two
*Note: Be certainly to conform alongside to a greater extent than broth if demand be, too every bit transcend the soup through a fine mesh strainer to accomplish a finer texture.