Amazing Broccoli Soup

INGREDIENTS

3 cups vegetable broth
1/4 of cauliflower, broken into pieces
1/2 head fresh broccoli, chopped-I also chopped up the stems

1 medium onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic

1 tablespoons flour
salt and freshly-ground black pepper, to taste

1/2 teaspoon dried basil or curry powder (or more, to taste)

1/2 to 1c milk

Method:

1. In a soup pot, bring broth and Cauliflower to a boil, about 15 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, in a steamer basket over the broth, steam broccoli until crisp-tender and bright green, about 5 minutes.

3. Heat onion and garlic, and cook, stirring, until onion is golden and softened, about 5 minutes. I moistened with some red wine. Sprinkle with flour, stirring until flour is slightly cooked. Remove a ladleful of broth from soup pot and add to flour-onion mixture, whisking until smooth and thickened. Add salt and pepper to taste.

4. Remove broth from heat, add broccoli and thickened flour-onion mixture, and dried basil or curry powder, and puree in batches in a blender or food processor until creamy.

Add the milk when almost blended.

5. Serve soup hot, garnishing each bowl with a bit of reserved broccoli.

Serves 6.