Recipe for "broc-bisque"

NAME

     BROC-BISQUE - A broccoli soup - hot or cold
     This recipe is from my mom.  It's been a hit every time  she
     or I have served it.  It is rather spicy - not for the timid
     or faint-of-heart.

INGREDIENTS (Serves 8)

     550 g     fresh broccoli, trimmed and cut up. Using slightly
               more is fine.
     1 liter   chicken broth (2 cans  of  canned  broth,  or  use
               fresh stock)
     1         medium onion
     20 g      butter
     5 ml      salt
     5-10 ml    curry powder
     1 dash    pepper
     30 ml     lime juice
     8         lemon slices, (optional)
     125 ml    sour cream
     1 g       snipped chives, (optional)

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Place the cut broccoli in a large  saucepan  along
               with the broth, onion, butter, salt, curry powder,
               and pepper.
          (2)  Bring to a boil.  Reduce heat and simmer, covered,
               for  8  to  12  minutes  or until broccoli is just
               tender.
          (3)  Place 300 to 400 ml of the mixture at a time  into
               a   blender  container.   Cover  and  blend  until
               smooth.  Pour into  bowl  or  another  large  pan.
               Repeat  with  remaining mixture.  Be careful.  The
               hot liquid may scald you.
          (4)  Stir in the lime juice.
          (5)  Now you can either cover and refrigerate at  least
               4  hours to serve cold (great in warm weather), or
               you can go right ahead and serve it hot (great  in
               cold  weather).   Once ladled out, you can garnish
               with a thin slice of lemon, a small dollop or sour
               cream, and a sprinkling of chives.

NOTES

     You can refrigerate unused portions for serving  later,  but
     it  doesn't  keep  well for long.  I like to blend it pretty
     well, so that the texture is quite smooth.  Some people like
     it a little chunkier.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 45 minutes.  Precision: approximate
     measurement OK.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Andy Shore
     Adobe Systems Incorporated, Palo Alto, California
     shore@adobe.UUCP
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