Super-Simple Broccoli Soup

[dopplertx]

Yesterday at Dad's house in Oklahoma City, I was watching an episode of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares on BBC America. Gordon had asked the chef of the failing restaurant to make a soup using as many or as few as ingredients as he wanted. The chef made a broccoli soup with fourteen ingredients including expensive oil and cream. Gordon then

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[ghewgill]

We've made that soup, and it's good! A bit of black pepper makes it even better.

Except the most recent time we tried, the hot water cracked the glass part of the blender in two. Oops, must find a different way.

[equiraptor]

Immersion blender?

I think I don't like broccoli enough to enjoy this soup, though. :/

[ghewgill]

That's an idea. Our blender is also a food processor which has a squat plastic container instead of the taller glass one. That might work, but we haven't tried it yet.

Interestingly, the soup doesn't really taste characteristically "broccoli". If you don't want yours I'll have it. :)