Broccoli Soup au Gratin recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided 1 large onion, diced 3 cloves garlic, minced 5 cups vegetable broth, or more to taste 2 pounds broccoli, trimmed ½ cup heavy whipping cream 2 teaspoons kosher salt, or more to taste freshly ground black pepper to taste 1 pinch freshly grated nutmeg 1 pinch ground cayenne pepper, or to taste 3 slices country white bread, halved crosswise 3 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
Nutrition Info
- 475.2 caloriescarbohydrate: 28.5 gcholesterol: 96.7 mgfat: 31.5 gfiber: 6.3 gprotein: 22 gsaturatedFat: 19 gservingSize: -sodium: 1533.6 mgsugar: 8 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Broccoli Soup au Gratin
Directions
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Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large pot over medium heat, add onion. Cook and stir until onion turns translucent, 5 to 6 minutes. Add garlic, stir for 1 minute. Pour in broth, bring to a simmer over high heat.
Separate florets from heads of broccoli. Cut large florets in half. Cut stems in half and cut into 1/2-inch pieces. Add broccoli to simmering broth. Cover and cook until broccoli softens slightly, 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low, simmer, stirring occasionally, until broccoli is very tender, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
Blend broccoli with an immersion blender into a very smooth puree. Stir in cream, salt, pepper, nutmeg, and cayenne. Return soup to medium-low heat, cook until cream is heated through, about 5 minutes.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil.
Butter both sides of bread with remaining 1 tablespoon butter and place on the lined baking sheet.
Bake bread in the preheated oven, turning halfway through, until toasted and crisp, 4 to 5 minutes.
Place 6 oven-proof soup crocks on the foil-lined baking sheet. Ladle soup into the crocks, filling almost to the top. Place 1 piece of toasted bread in each crock, cover with Cheddar cheese.
Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
Place baking sheet under broiler and broil until cheese is browned and bubbly, 3 to 4 minutes.