Ingredients

2 tablespoon butter

1onion roughly chopped

1 lb broccoli cut into florets stem sliced

 ground almonds three and three forths

minestrone vegetable or chicken stock

one and one forhs cup milk

salt and pepper

1 tablespoon butter

6 tablespoon plain yougourt

3 tablespoon severed almonds 

Method

Heat the butter in a saucepan add the onion and fry gently for 5 minutes until just begin to soften . Stir in the broccoli until coated in tbhe butter and then add the ground almonds , stock and a little salt and pepper . Bring to the boil then cover and simmer for 10 minutes until the boccoli is just tender and still bright green.

Allow to cook slightly , then puree in batches in a blender or food processor until they speckled with green . Pour the puree back into the saucepan and stir in the milk . reheat then taste and adjust the seasoning if needed . Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet add the almonds and fry for a few minutes stairing until golden . Ladle the soup in the bowls dizzle a spoonful of yougourt over each bowl then sprinkle with almonds .

For broccoli and stirlon soup

Omit the ground almonds and cook as above adding 4 oz de – rined and crumbled . Stirlon cheese when reheating the soup.  

Stir until melted then ladle into bowls and sprinkle with a little extra cheese and some coarsely crushed black pepper .

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