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Cream of broccoli soup with roasted garlic crostini

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Ingredients

  • 1 French baguette, cut crossways into 1cm thick Technique: Slice Cutting a thin piece or pieces from a larger ingredient or dish. You can slice ingredients using a slicing disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please slices
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • 80g Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped onion
  • 50g Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped celery
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 carrot, peeled and Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped
  • 315g steamed broccoli
  • 700ml reduced-sodium vegetable or chicken broth
  • 1 (340ml) tin evaporated milk
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 45g roasted garlic cloves

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Method

How to make Cream of broccoli soup with roasted garlic crostini

1) Preheat oven to 200°C / gas mark 6.

2) Arrange bread Technique: Slice Cutting a thin piece or pieces from a larger ingredient or dish. You can slice ingredients using a slicing disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please slices on a baking sheet. Bake for six mins, until toasted.

3) Meanwhile, in a large stock pot, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onion, celery, garlic, carrot, and broccoli. Pour broth over vegetables and increase the heat to high. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium and simmer 5 mins. Using an immersion blender, puree until smooth or you can use a blender. Add milk and simmer one minute to heat through. Puree again. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Using a fork, Technique: Mash Crushing one or more ingredients to create a uniform purée that still has some body. You can mash using a mash and purée kit fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please mash garlic cloves with a pinch each of salt and black pepper, making a thick paste. Spread mixture on toasted bread and serve with soup.