Name: Broccoli & Blue Cheese Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Ingredients: 800 g Broccoli, cut into florets; 200 g Blue cheese, chopped; 1 med Brown Onion, chopped; 1 Leek (white only), chopped; 6 cloves Garlic, minced; 6 cups Chicken or Vegetable broth; 1 tbsp Butter; Salt & White pepper to taste

Sometimes you just come across fabulous and slightly unusual flavour combinations on a menu and think ‘I’ll try that!’.

Here’s my take on the ‘Soup of the Day’ at The Finnygook Pub, Crafthole, Cornwall, UK.

Broccoli & Blue Cheese Soup

I know it's technically not cold enough in Australia for sou (It is December after all) , but I think this bowl of goodness and flavour is suitable all year round.

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 30

Servings 6

Ingredients

800 g Broccoli, cut into florets
200 g Blue cheese, chopped
1 med Brown Onion, chopped
1 Leek (white only), chopped
6 cloves Garlic, minced
6 cups Chicken or Vegetable broth
1 tbsp Butter
Salt & White pepper to taste

Instructions

Sweat off onions and leek in butter
Add garlic stir until fragrant
Add broccoli and stock (enough to cover broccoli) and bring to a simmer, cook until soft
Add blue cheese and blitz with a stick blender until really smooth
Season with salt and pepper to taste
Serve and garnish with some finely sliced spring onion