[recipe] Cream of Basil Soup

[Guest guest]

This is a very easy recipe to make an elegant

soup. I can't wait to have a garden bed full of

basil.

 

Cream of Basil Soup

 

3 cups vegetable broth

1 cup minced fresh basil

1/4 cup margarine or butter

3 Tbs all-purpose flour

White pepper to taste

3 cups milk

1/2 cup sour cream

 

In a saucepan, simmer broth and basil, uncovered,

for 15 minutes. In another saucepan, melt butter. Stir

in the flour and pepper until smooth; gradually add

milk, stirring constantly to keep smooth. Bring to a boil;

cook and stir 2 minutes until mixture begins to thicken.

Reduce heat; slowly stir in broth and sour cream

(do not boil).

Yield: 8 servings

 

We meet at very short intervals, not having had time to

acquire any new value for each other.Ê We meet at meals

three times a day, and give each other a new taste of

that old musty cheese that we are.

~ Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)