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Thermomix Recipes for TM5 and TM31 => Soups => Topic started by: judydawn on December 24, 2009, 04:23:08 am
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Name of Recipe: Thick Broccoli & Cheese Soup
Number of People: 4 small serves
Ingredients:
10g parmesan cheese
15g tasty cheddar cheese
40g butter
40g flour
380 mls milk
2 heaped teaspns concentrated vegie stock
300-330g broccoli, roughly chopped
S & P to taste
Preparation:
Grate cheeses on speed 8 for a few seconds. Set aside.
Add butter to the bowl and melt for 1 min 30 seconds at 100o speed 1.
Add flour and cook 1 min 100o speed 2. Make sure the flour has all mixed in with the butter. Stir & repeat if necessary.
Add the milk & stock concentrate. Cook for 4 mins 100o speed 2.
Add broccoli and cheeses. Chop for 5 seconds on speed 6.
Cook 20 mins 90o speed 2.
Blitz 15 seconds slowly working up from speed 1 - 8.
Add S & P to taste.
Tips/Hints:
Just add more milk if you want a thinner version of this soup.
Tips/hints from members A popular soup
Depome - Can I suggest swapping the cheeses for 100g of blue brie or similar on occasion? Just stir it through at the end until it melts.
Katiej - I added a spoon of Tenina's garlic paste.
I've also made a cauliflower version. It was just as yummy as the broccoli one! I did add 5 minutes extra to the cooking time just to be sure the cauliflower was cooked, and I must admit I always add more cheese.
Delightful Den - I have substituted the tasty cheese for blue cheese and doubled the cheese quantities.
GF - Just added a little of Herbies Chilli Hit before serving. Will certainly be making this again and was thinking next time to try adding a little curry powder.
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Thanks JD - good to see you cooking off the flour in the butter to make the roux. I still ahve difficulty throwing in butter, flour and milk to make bechamel. Just doesn't seem correct - but sure it works - I'll have ILB, faffa, Meagan and all the consultants telling me off. ;) ;) ;D ;D
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Judy that sounds lovely. Now I need a cool day. DD tells me her birthday is going to be cool ,31st December, so we could have it then. The thought of broccoli and cheese sends my taste buds racing-yum.
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Cool day and soup goes hand in hand. Bet you can't beat my price though - 12 serves of soup for 20 cents virtually. I was lucky Mum's freezer didn't have much in it. I know DD is bringing some frozen prawns for DH for his Christmas present so I had to make sure there was space for that package.
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You certainly got a bargain Judy. I went up to the local green grocer about 8am and bought one bag almost full of vegies and fruit and it cost me $50. It's superb quality but oh so expensive this morning. Usually it's not too bad though. I must admit I did pay $5 for one mango and $4 for a punnet of kumatoes. I've never tasted these so thought now was a good time.
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Judy I can't wait to try this, thanks for posting. :)
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Can I suggest swapping the cheeses for 100g of blue brie or similar on occasion? Just stir it through at the end until it melts. I LOVE broccoli and blue cheese soup :D I'm not crazy about blue cheese, but the extra tang in this kind of soup is divine - the creaminess balances it I think.
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I love blue cheese in broccoli or cauli soup too.
Great new Avatar JulieO
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I made this today, so easy and creamy, we really liked it. At the end I just added a couple of glugs of extra milk, but not much at all, and also a tiny amount of sea salt and plenty of freshly cracked black pepper, then whizzed for a few seconds. Great recipe Judy. ;D
Made the portuguese loaf to dip into it.
I guess I could have garnished the top with some parmesan or chopped parsley, but I felt that it didn't need it. :)
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Thanks for the photo JulieO - glad you liked it. Now we all have the recipe + photo - perfect.
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Yes, thanks JulieO - it really is beneficial to have pictures - makes it much more fun (I always read the pictures first in books ;) )
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I wish I had seen this recipe before I made the one from the BBC Good Food website.
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This one is delicious.
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Oh my stars. This is delicious! Thanks JD!!!
Had to get a filling at the dentist this morning & told I can't have anything "solid" for the rest of the day..
So I do a bit of shopping, come home absolutely STARVING!
What to eat!?!.. Whip up some custard with banana - but nah, not a fan.. Ok, let's make pumpkin soup.. or maybe not - no carrot, or onion (what!? Who doesn't have this in their fridge - apparently me! ).... But - hey I've got brocolli, I'll try JD's soup...
Beautiful! Just what I felt like! Absolutely beautiful!!
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:D :D :D :D I think what you are saying Salval is that you really liked this soup. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
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thanks jd this was amazing! my kids turned their nose up at itough, although the 2 yr old has just help me polish off the leftovers so think they will come round.
definitely one to make often in this weather - just had balls of ice falling from the sky!
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Stick at it debetha, if kids will eat soup it makes life so much easier for a quick meal. Hope your car was under cover when the balls of ice came down and hey, congratulations on the good news of your pregnancy (I haven't noticed it before so presuming it is something you've just added).
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thanks jd, slowly breaking them in, they will have chicken soup, pumpkin soup & a clear broth made using veg stock, miso, mirin & soy. givibg this one another go tomorrow.
the pregnancy is now a nrly 5 month old baby - time to change my signature! thanks for the wishes!
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ha ha, last Christmas Eve :P :P Sorry about that :D
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Our family thank you for this lovely soup recipe, Judy! Had this for dinner tonight and the whole family really enjoy it. :-* :-*
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Kinda cool up here in Cairns Judy so cooking this soup as we speak. smells lovely. I added some gorgonzola as well.
Gretchen
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Hey Gretchen, where you been ??? I've missed your postings. Hope all is well. :-* :-*
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I've missed you. I have been imagining you on an exotic cruise. :-*
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Lovely to hear from you Gretchen. :-*
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Thanks cc. I have been illish for about 8 weeks but on the mend now. You good?
Gretchen
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I hope 'illish' doesn't mean very ill Gretchen. Sorry to hear that, I've been searching the places you usually haunt to see if you have been active on them - you had me very worried and when you didn't answer my pm, I thought you'd fallen off your perch. Thank goodness you are still with us, missed your soapbox speeches :-* :-* :-*
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So nice to hear from you again Gretchen - like JD I had visited a few blogs where I had previously noticed action from you to see is you were alive and kicking, as I very much enjoy your stance on topics. Cheers - hope you stay well!!!!!!! :) :) :)
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Sorry to hear that you have been ill Gretchen and glad to hear you are on the mend.We have missed your humour. ;D ;D
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Thanks cc. I have been illish for about 8 weeks but on the mend now. You good?
Gretchen
Recently I have been thinking about you and the lack of posts from you. Today I actually searched for you via the membership tab to see when you last posted. When I saw it was today I thought I had somehow just missed reading you posts but now realise you actually have been missing in action. Hope your illness is not serious Gretchen and you are back to full steam very soon. I've missed your witty comments . :-* :-*
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Thanks for that Jan. Seem to be better every day so hopefully back to cooking and keeping up with you all.
Gretch
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Keep well dear Gretchen. :-* :-* :-* :-*
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I just had to check out this recipe, as it sounds like exactly my kind of soup! I love all these ingredients and soup is always a comfort isn't it? Yum, thanks for posting Judy.
As for dear Gretchen, she posted a comment on my blog earlier today regarding licking Zabaglione out of the Thermomix bowl so I think she is mending just fine ;) :-*
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Well, it has got alcohol in it Helene :-)) :-)) ;) ;)
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;D ;D ;D ;D
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Have made this recipe so many times.. but today's version was absolutely awful! So salty it was inedible!....
Wasn't until later that I realised instead of 2 teaspoons of Vegie Stock, I'd used tablespoons :P
Karen
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Had me worried for a minute there Karen :D
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This is really tasty Judy thank you - just plated it (only for a pic while I remember) - I can imagine that it will require additional liquid on reheating!!! :) :)
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Can't remember Robyn, haven't done it for a while but not hard to do aye?
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No liquid necessary Judy - just reheated as DH came home for lunch. :D :D
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Judy this soup is so delicious!
I've just made it today for lunch!
It's been in my list since so long
I eat almost any vegetable although I wouldn't say that I am very fond of broccoli
However this soup tasted so great that it defineltely went beyond my expectations!
Thank you for sharing
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Thank you farfallina, so glad you enjoyed a vegetable you don't really like.
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Even though I am constantly on this forum - ( I feel like I know you all!!!) I don't often comment - but I just had to go and search out my user name and password to come on and say how delicious this recipe is. My dear friend is having chemo at the moment and so I am making her soups to take the load off having to cook. Last night I made Spicy Moroccan Lentil and Tomato, this divine Broccoli and Cheese soup and the EDC Carrot and Coriander. I also tried to make the pumpkin soup, but the pumpkins in uk are not great. They used to be only used as pig food and are still not widely available. The one I got was awful - very bitter. So that went down the drain. But just wanted to thank you Judy for this recipe - and all the other ones you've posted. Sorry not to have given you the feedback earlier, as I often come on here with questions or looking for recipes - and you always seem to have answered them or posted them - which I use and never thank you for. My lame excuse is; I am a busy mum with very demanding job. But please know you are a guardian angel to a displaced Australian in London!
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Bickie, thank you so much for that, it is so lovely of you to show your appreciation. I post things and then forget about them - if they happen to be just what people are looking for that is great. Your comment has made my day :-*
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Making this now for my mum, who has just finished chemo. Report back later!
20 minutes later...........
OH MY GOSH! YUM YUM YUM!!!
Thanks for the fabulous recipe :D
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Take car of your Mum and yourself Caroline J. :-* :-*
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I made this soup last night for tea and it was amazing. My hubby loved it too :)
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Great recipe JD :)
We had this tonight and it was lovely. Just what we needed on a cold Adelaide night. My OH loved it and said "it's a keeper".
I did add a spoon of Tenina's garlic paste (as I knew Judy would approve :))
I felt a bit piggy as the recipe says it serves 4, but between the 2 of us we ate it all!
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Thanks for trying this one girls, looks like I might have to do it myself again soon. You post these recipes then forget about them :-))
Katie, Tenina's garlic paste is finding it's way into most of my recipes these days so I probably would have done the same as you ;D
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I can't wait to try this today!!!
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Hi, I made this soup a couple of days ago, it was a real winner with the kids. Thanks for the recipie!
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You are obviously a soup girl Natalia and it's so nice to see children enjoying it as well.
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I made this soup again a couple of nights ago, but this time I did a cauliflower version. It was just as yummy as the broccoli one!
We had it with Maddy's bacon & cheese rolls.
I did add 5 minutes extra to the cooking time just to be sure the cauliflower was cooked, and I must admit I always add more cheese ;D
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I made this a while ago and the verdict was outstanding! We all loved it! Am definately going to make this again,thats for sure.
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Looks a good easy soup, Thanks Judy.. :)
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I've got this cooking right now. I have substituted the tasty cheese for blue cheese and doubled the cheese quantities.
The taste I snuck was amazing I can't wait for it to be ready.
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Yumyum JD, will definetly make this one again!! Thanks for the recipe x
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Thanks Chickie, glad you liked it.
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I'm a new user to this forum and anxiously waiting for my TM to arrive. I want to bookmark this recipe since broccoli and cheese soups is one of my favourites ;)
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Hi Canadian Kangaroo, welcome to the forum with your first posting. Looking forward to hearing more from you as your name intrigues me ;D Why not pop over to Introduce Yourself on the Home Page and tell us a little more about yourself. Perhaps you are an Australian living in Canada ;)
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Hi Canadian Kangaroo, welcome to the forum with your first posting. Looking forward to hearing more from you as your name intrigues me ;D Why not pop over to Introduce Yourself on the Home Page and tell us a little more about yourself. Perhaps you are an Australian living in Canada ;)
It seems as though you are an Australian in Canada. As Judy says we'd love to hear more about you.
When do you expect your machine to arrive?
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Thanks for the welcome...I am indeed a Canadian living in Australia. I've just created a post on the welcome page :D
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I made this tonight and it was FANTASTIC!!! Thanks so much for the recipe!! :)
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Agree :) made this last night yum!
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Nice to see this one still doing the rounds girls - glad you enjoyed it.
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Really yummy soup, thanks for the recipe! Made it for my broccoli and cheese obsessed toddler :)
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Welcome to the forum mamacrooks. How lovely to have a toddler obsesses with cheese and broccoli.
When you have a moment why not go to 'Introduce yourself' and tell us your thermomix story.
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I have a question before I make this. Is the concentrated veggie stock the stock that is made in the TM? If I don't have this can I use regular veggie stock? Would it be the same amount?
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Yes it is the veg stock from the EDC that comes with your book CK. In lieu just use a teaspoon veg stock powder or use bought liquid vegie stock instead this time. Rule of thumb is that you use twice as much home made stock pastes or powders to the bought variety - well I do anyway ;D
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Thank you :)
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This was the first Thermomix meal I made along with my consultant. She wanted us to make soup and bread so I asked if I could choose the soup. The flavours were absolutely beautiful. I love that there is not a huge amount of cheese in the recipe but you can definitely taste the cheese in the soup. What a great start to my Themromix cooking! :)
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This was also my first meal I made. I brought it to my neighbours house and had it for lunch and we both loved it and my 3 year old had two bowls ;D. It was definitely a thick soup so I might thin it up a bit next time but it was delicious.
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Made this tonight. My boys devoured it. Absolutely delicious.. just sad there wasn't seconds!! I think this will become a regular soup request at my house.
Also, since I love blue cheese with broccoli I sprinkled some shallots and blue cheese on top of my soup for some thing a little special. NOM!!
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Nice photo AM2B, funny how kids seem to like this one.
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Yes Judy! My 3 yo asked for the green soup again this week so I happily obliged. Lucky broccoli is cheap at the grocers this week!!
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Sounds lovely and perfect for my DD's request for dinner tonight. She asked to make TM broc and cheese soup and TM meatballs! She is only 11 but is fully TM trained - gotta love that :D Even though we live in Dubai where it is super hot, we make soup all week long. Making Moroccan Carrot Lentil soup as we speak for the first time. Thanks!
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This is my new favourite soup! It's so quick and tasty! I love how thick and creamy it is and how cheesy it tastes when there really isn't that much cheese in there. Thank you Judy for sharing this recipe. ;D
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My pleasure kt2.
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Made this today with some modifications. I am gluten intolerant, so instead started with 40 g of white rice which I milled on speed 10 for 2-3 min, and used that in place of the flour.
I'm not sure if rice flour is more thickening than wheat flour, because this soup was SOOO thick, and I ended up using about twice the milk and it was still pretty thick. I used the parm and an extra aged white cheddar.
Was delicious and I would definitely make it again. Perhaps I'll use a bit less rice flour next time, or maybe even a small potato to thicken?
Thanks for this easy and delicious recipe!
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Thanks Laura. I was just wondering if you could use potato flour or arrowroot in place of the plain flour, less in quantity than flour though. If you use either of these as thickening agents now, you will know if you need to use half quantity or less.
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DH made this for our dinner tonight, he doubled the quantities so we have plenty for lunch tomorrow.
It's delicious, one of our favourites recipes.
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Gee, you must really like this one Katie - you've made it a few times. I must try it again, I've only made it once I think.
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It is certainly soup weather here at the moment. I bought extra broccoli to make this. We really like it too.
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Thanks, Judy. Made this tonight and really enjoyed it. Just added a little of Herbies Chilli Hit before serving. Will certainly be making this again and was thinking next time to try adding a little curry powder. . . :D
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My pleasure GF, when broccoli is cheap it's a great soup to make.
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I have just put this on to cook. It is freezing here today. What we need is some warm filling soup.
I had forgotten how lovely this is.
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Been thinking about this alllllll day. Got broccoli and some cheeses in the fridge, can't wait to get home and make it for supper!