Recipe Hummusapien's Cream of Broccoli Soup

Ingredients :

• 1 1/2 cup cashews (204 g)
• 4 tsp extra virgin olive oil
• 4 medium onions (390 g)
• 4 celery stalks (250 g)
• 6 carrots (220 g)
• 6 cloves garlic (15g)
• 32 oz broccoli (14c or 900g)
• 10 cups water (2200g)
• 2 cups water (425g)
• 3 tsp salt (at least)
• to taste freshly ground pepper

Method :

1. Soak cashews in water for at least 30 minutes or overnight. Quick method: boiling water over them and soak for 15 minutes.
2. Add oil to large pot over medium heat
3. Once hot, add diced onion and pinch of salt and sauteed for ca. 3min; in my case I chop them with my thermomix (tmx) at speed 5 for a few seconds
4. Add chopped celery and carrots (in thermomix 5sec at speed 4.5)
5. Sauté for another 5min.
6. Add garlic (tmx speed 8) and chopped broccoli (tmx speed 4.5)
7. Sauté for several minutes
8. Add 10c of water, salt and pepper
9. Bring to a boil and let simmer for 15min
10. Drain cashews
11. In blender blend cashews and leftover water until smooth without lumps. With tmx speed 10 for 2.5 min at temp 70℃
12. Blend broccoli mixture while cashews are being made to cream (I used an electric blending stick)
13. When consistency of broccoli resembles puree, add cashew cream and stir in well together with some added salt and pepper
14. After tasting, now would be the perfect time to add final salt and pepper
15. Stir and serve

Recipe Hummusapien's Cream of Broccoli Soup 2013-08-22T21:25:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: CakeMaster