Sunday was the final regular season game of the Packers season. We had another house full of Packers fans ready to enjoy good football and Sunday Soup Day. In honor of the Packers playoff season, I thought about creating a soup that closely resembled the Green Pay Packers in my mind. Immediately I thought of beer cheese soup, but I'm not a fan of it. Chili or anything with sausage also came to mind, but I decided on broccoli cheese soup because it had the green and gold in the Packers uniforms. However, in the finals moments, I switched to a cream of broccoli recipe that I created in my mind after church. It turned out pretty well, too. The best part about this soup was the bread bowl, though. I purchased four sourdough bread bowls at Panera Bread and it was the best imaginable way to eat this creamy soup.
As usual, I prepared the vegetables in the Dutch oven with olive oil. This is always my favorite step while making soup. I have to dig deep to find the strength to not stop at this point. The aroma of the sauteed vegetables is so enticing that I'm tempted to eat the flavorful vegetables. Once again, I fought off the urge to stop and I added the chicken broth.
I brought the soup to a boil and added the broccoli florets and mushrooms. I also added freshly ground pepper and salt and let it cook for 10 more minutes. Finally, I added one pint of half & half. In the end, it turned out very well. The bread bowls were "key," though.
Ingredients:
1 onion
1 shallot
4 baby red potatoes
3 cloves garlic
2 cartons of chicken broth
1/2 carton of vegetable broth
2 pounds broccoli florets
8 ounces baby Bella mushrooms
4 ounces Shiitake mushrooms
one pint half & half
Music: Dropkick Murphy's - I'm Shipping Up to Boston
Weather: a balmy 5 below zero
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FYI, the best part of the soup was Monday morning...mix a little soup with eggs and throw in the microwave for the best scrambled eggs ever.
ReplyDeleteGood work on Dropkick Murphys. Wouldn't have thought it was good background music to make soup, but it makes sense with the Cardinals-thrashing that the Packers were about to dish out.
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