1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 garlic clove
½ white onion
2 sticks of celery
1 small-medium broccoli (300g)
1 medium potato
1 medium-large carrot
50g stilton
50ml single cream
2 black peppercorns
6 basil leaves
1 ¼ lt Vegetable stock
1 Sauté garlic, onion and celery in the oil for 2-3 minutes in medium heat.
2 Cut the potato and carrot into small chunks and add to the pan, together with the vegetable stock.
3 Add the broccoli and peppercorns after 10 minutes and simmer for another 10.
4 Switch off gas, add the basil leaves, cream and stilton. Leave to rest for 10 minutes. Blend in food processor, heat and serve.
This is a delicious way to eat broccoli's goodness. It's quite healthy and the only problem here is the saturated fat. But The quantities of cheese and cream are actually very small, which makes the soup mild with only subtle warm flavours of blue cheese. The total fat amounts to 27g (cheese 17g – cream 10g) and the total saturated fat is 17g (cheese 11g – cream 6g). This means that in one serving, the amount of fat consumed is 6.75g, of which 4.25 is saturated. This amounts to 10% and 18% of the total guideline amounts respectively for a person of my size. Average guidelines would be 19% and 25% for an average person. Still, not bad for a nasty lovely soup.
(check http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-C00024broccoliqq0andqq0stiltonqq0soup-01c30fC-03E1003-01c308D-01c50dS-04q21sM-01c00cf-01c20c1-01c40cS-01c00eM-04q300n.html) 2 Cut the potato and carrot into small chunks and add to the pan, together with the vegetable stock.
3 Add the broccoli and peppercorns after 10 minutes and simmer for another 10.
4 Switch off gas, add the basil leaves, cream and stilton. Leave to rest for 10 minutes. Blend in food processor, heat and serve.
This is a delicious way to eat broccoli's goodness. It's quite healthy and the only problem here is the saturated fat. But The quantities of cheese and cream are actually very small, which makes the soup mild with only subtle warm flavours of blue cheese. The total fat amounts to 27g (cheese 17g – cream 10g) and the total saturated fat is 17g (cheese 11g – cream 6g). This means that in one serving, the amount of fat consumed is 6.75g, of which 4.25 is saturated. This amounts to 10% and 18% of the total guideline amounts respectively for a person of my size. Average guidelines would be 19% and 25% for an average person. Still, not bad for a nasty lovely soup.
