Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, creamy broccoli & stilton soup. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Broccoli cooked in a creamy garlic butter sauce and topped with cheese and bacon. Combine butter and bread crumbs; sprinkle on top. Add more milk if you would like a creamier sauce.

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have creamy broccoli & stilton soup using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Broccoli & Stilton Soup:

1. Prepare Broccoli, roughly chopped
2. Make ready large Onions, chopped
3. Make ready Celery, in 1 cm slices
4. Get Garlic, chopped
5. Make ready Potatoes, diced
6. Take Leek, in 1 cm slices
7. Take Ham stock. I used ham stock from a large gammon joint cooked the previous day but, if homemade stock isn’t available, good quality stock cubes work fine
8. Get Oil
9. Take Butter, preferably unsalted
10. Get Ground black pepper
11. Prepare Crème Fraîche
12. Get Stilton cheese

Pan fried broccoli and crispy bacon are baked in a cheesy creamy parmesan garlic sauce topped with bubbling mozzarella. Mix bacon, broccoli, onion, and mozzarella cheese in a bowl. To make the dressing, whisk together mayonnaise, milk, sugar and apple cider vinegar in a small bowl; set aside. In a large bowl, combine broccoli, cheese, cashews, onion and cranberries.

Steps to make Creamy Broccoli & Stilton Soup:

1. Heat the oil in a stockpot or very large saucepan. Add the onions and gently fry for two minutes, resisting the temptation to stir unless the onions appear to be sticking. If so, add a splash of water.
2. Add the garlic, stir and fry another minute.
3. Add the celery and leeks and a generous knob of butter. Stir to ensure all the veg are coated with a little oil/butter and continue to fry gently for another three minutes.
4. Add the potatoes and any well-chopped broccoli stalks, stir and then add the stock. Stir well and then add the rest of the broccoli. Cover and bring to the boil.
5. Reduce the heat, stir well and leave on a medium simmer for 25 minutes or until the vegetables are softened.
6. Stir, taste and season with pepper but not salt. Remove from heat.
7. In batches, whizz in a blender to a smooth consistency. Transfer to a saucepan and reheat.
8. Crumble the Stilton cheese into the hot soup and give it all a good stir until it has melted.
9. Serve piping hot with a small dollop of crème fraîche per individual bowl. Accompany with granary bread or crusty roll. Not too much soup or bread if the soup is just a starter as this soup is fairly filling.

Stir in mayonnaise mixture and gently toss to combine. A made-from-scratch Broccoli Casserole with tender broccoli baked in a creamy cheese sauce. Also known as Broccoli Gratin, this is arguably the ultimate way to consume tons and tons of broccoli! I'm about as much of a carnivore as a girl can be. And yet, even I would happily have this Broccoli Casserole for dinner.

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