BROCCOLI & STILTON SOUP

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A smooth, blended vegetable soup with blue cheese that's as good for a comforting meal as it is for a dinner party starter

Provided by Caroline Hire - Food writer

Time 45m

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

2 tbsp rapeseed oil
1 onion, finely chopped
1 stick celery, sliced
1 leek, sliced
1 medium potato, diced
1 knob butter
1l low salt or homemade chicken or vegetable stock
1 head broccoli, roughly chopped
140g stilton, or other blue cheese, crumbled

Steps:

Heat 2 tbsp rapeseed oil in a large saucepan and then add 1 finely chopped onion. Cook on a medium heat until soft. Add a splash of water if the onion starts to catch.
Add 1 sliced celery stick, 1 sliced leek, 1 diced medium potato and a knob of butter. Stir until melted, then cover with a lid. Allow to sweat for 5 minutes then remove the lid.
Pour in 1l of chicken or vegetable stock and add any chunky bits of stalk from 1 head of broccoli. Cook for 10-15 minutes until all the vegetables are soft.
Add the rest of the roughly chopped broccoli and cook for a further 5 minutes.
Carefully transfer to a blender and blitz until smooth.
Stir in 140g crumbled stilton, allowing a few lumps to remain. Season with black pepper and serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 340 calories, Fat 21 grams fat, SaturatedFat 9.6 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 13.8 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 5 grams sugar, Fiber 6.9 grams fiber, Protein 24.3 grams protein, Sodium 1.4 milligram of sodium