Let me start by stating that this is NOT a vegetable dish! Why not, scroll down to the recipe and see why. This recipe was borne because of some over zealous shopping at the farmers market. This is the issue with CHEAP good quality food.....you just buy too much. To all the sheep out there, it is NOT a blinking convenience store or hipster infested flea-market. Another reason that this recipe was born was essentially because it was in my fridge for over 1 week. I can confirm that the vegetables were NOT off. Otherwise it would have been transferred to my worm farm of Project LOL (I have not forgotten about that and I promise with this first post of the year I shall try to post more info on that).
My joy of broccoli is a facade, it has been recently developed and I am at a stage in my life where this vegetable is tolerable. To make this dish more palatable to me I used the homemade bovine stock. (another blog post coming on).
What ever the reasons for this recipe, the result is a wonderful soup. In this winter period, made all the more tougher my the El Nino cycle, a heart warming soul fulfilling dish is so good.
El Nino (the kid) is mentioned in a broccoli recipe, how ironic is that.
On to the recipe:
Ingredients
1) 2 small onions
2) 4 cloves garlic
3) 2 Tbsp butter
4) 4 cubes bovine stock (hence this recipe is non-vegetarian)
5) 1 Head Broccoli
6) 3 small punnets of peas
7) 2 Tbsp Cream Cheese
8) 1/2 Cup Cream
9) Salt
10) Pepper
11) Olive Oil
Method:
1) Heat stove to 60% of heating rate
2) Chop onions and crush garlic
3) Add butter, onions and garlic into pot and cook until onions becomes translucent
4) Add cube stocks until melted
5) Add chopped broccoli until broccoli becomes a vibrant green
6) Add peas until Peas are soft with vibrant colour
7) Liquidize mixture
8) Add Cream Cheese, Salt and Pepper and stir until cheese has melted
9) Switch off stove, add cream and stir into soup. NB ensure that the stove is off, because too much heat will cause the cream to cuddle
10) Dish into soup and add some olive oil before serving.
I added some crushed macadamia nuts and chili powder. Different flavour, very hearty and warming this winter.
Enjoy!
