[recipe] Easy Broccoli Soup

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Easy Broccoli Soup

 

4 cups vegetable broth

1 large bunch broccoli, chopped (about 5 cups)

1 1/2 cups chopped onion

3 bay leaves

6 Tbs margarine

7 Tbs all-purpose flour

3 cups milk

Salt and pepper to taste

 

In a saucepan, bring vegetabel broth to a boil. Add broccoli,

onion and bay leaves. Reduce heat and simmer until

broccoli is tender; remove bay leaves. Meanwhile, in

another saucepan, melt margarine. Stir in flour to make a

smooth paste. Gradually stir in milk. Cook over medium

heat until mixture is hot and thickened, stirring occasionally.

Add 1 cup of the broccoli stock to milk mixture; stir until

well blended. Gradually ladel in all remaining broccoli

stock to milk mixture. Heat and stir until blended. Season

with salt and pepper to taste.

Yield: 6 servings

 

We confess our little faults to persuade people that we

have no large ones.

~Francois de La Rochefoucauld, writer (1613-1680)