Cream Of Broccoli Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lb. broccoli
1/2 c. yellow onions, chopped
2 Tbsp. flour
1 bay leaf
1 tsp. ground thyme
pinch of nutmeg
2 Tbsp. butter
1/4 c. chopped green pepper
6 c. chicken soup stock
parsley
6 black peppercorns
3 egg yolks, whipped and blended with 1 c. milk or cream

Preparation

Chop up broccoli, saving some of the small buds and flowers for later use.
Saute broccoli in butter with onions and green pepper. Sprinkle with the flour; stir.
Add to soup stock, with bay leaf, parsley, thyme and peppercorns.
Cook for 30 minutes and puree the mixture in a blender.
Add nutmeg, strain the soup and return to pan.
Add egg yolk and milk or cream and pour into hot soup.