Broccoli Bisque Recipes

Steps:

• Clean the broccoli and cauliflower, reserving 3/4 cup of the broccoli, and 3/4 cup of the cauliflower florets, chopping the rest fine.
• Saute green onios in margarine until tender.
• Stir in flour, cooking for 1 minute.
• Stir in Chicken stock, chopped broccoli and cauliflower, potatoes, chives, and basil and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are tender.
• Process in food processor until smooth.
• Add milk and reserved broccoli and cauliflower florets until boiling again.
• Reduce heat and simmer until florets are crisp-tender.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Steps:

• Steam broccoli until tender and chop.
• In a saucepan, combine broccoli, onion, and chicken broth.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes.
• Melt butter in another saucepan.
• Add flour, salt and pepper and stir until smooth.
• Stir in the cream.
• Combine sauce and broccoli and cook over medium heat until heated through.
• Serve hot or cold.

Steps:

• In a soup pot, sauté the onion and celery until translucent.
• Add the garlic and sauté for 1 minute.
• Add the oil and flour and sauté for 1 more minute.
• Slowly add the soy milk and vegetable stock, whisking continuously. Add enough stock to reach the desired thickness.
• Add the potatoes, bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer.
• Add the broccoli and cauliflower florets, rosemary, sage, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Cook until the florets are tender.
• Garnish with the parsley and serve.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute the leeks, mushrooms and broccoli in butter until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add the flour, thyme, pepper and bay leaf; mix well. Stir in broth and cream. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened., Add the cheese and crab; stir until cheese is melted and soup is heated through. Discard bay leaf.

Steps:

• In a medium pot, combine the potatoes, water or stock, onion , tarragon and broccoli. (Note: If using frozen broccoli, wait 5-10 minutes before adding it.) Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer for 10-15 minutes, till the vegetables are tender.
• Combine the milk, almond butter, tahini, mustard and stir together well. Set aside.
• Transfer the vegetables, in batches, to a food processor and blend each batch with some of the milk mixture. Blend about 20-30 seconds, until smooth but still just chunky enough to be thick.
• Return the soup to the pot. Pour that last 1/2 cup of liquid into the food processor to rinse it out into the pot. Stir in the salt and white pepper, to taste.
• Reheat over medium-low, for five minutes or so. Serve with sandwiches, baked potatoes, or rolls with almond butter or margarine.

Steps:

• Add 2 tblsp olive oil to large fry pan and saute vegetables and garlic just until tender but firm and set aside.Do not brown and do not drain.
• In a large pot set at medium low, melt 6 tblsp butter.Add the flour. Using a whip, stir until flour starts to thicken and then add the chicken broth, milk, soup, worcestershire sauce, cheese,salt and pepper. Simmer and continue to stir with whip until mixture is creamy and cheese is melted.
• Add vegetables to cream sauce and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Suggest topping with sour cream and chives or shredded cheddar cheese.
• Serve with crisp breadsticks.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook the leeks, mushrooms, broccoli and garlic in butter until broccoli is crisp-tender. Stir in flour and seasonings until blended. Gradually add broth and cream., Bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Add cheese; stir until melted. Add crab; heat through but do not boil. Discard bay leaf before serving.