Gordon Ramsey Inspired Broccoli soup

Ingredients

• Salt

  Table

  4 dash or 2g

• Sour cream

  Cultured

  4 ½ tbsp or 54g

• Broccoli

  Cooked, boiled, drained, with salt

  1 stalk, large or 280g

Directions

1. Place Pot on stove, add enough water to barely cover the tops of broccoli chunks when added. Heat on high to just before a rolling boil. Add 1-2 dashes of salt.
2. Chop Stalk and florets into manageable chunks while water heats.
3. Add broccoli chunks and wait a minute or so until water returns to boil, reduce heat to medium. Watch to make sure water keeps a gentle boil for a moment. Place lid on and time to 5-7 minutes.
4. Check and stir at least once. Prepare blender.
5. Broccoli should have a lush bright green color still once time is up.
6. Fish out broccoli and place in blender as is manageable. Pour hot stock about 1/3 of the way up to the top of the broccoli chunks. Pulse blend on low momentarily until homogenized. Set aside leftover stock for something else.
7. Add more stock if necessary and increase blending until pureed and smooth. Add salt, pepper, and olive oil or other seasonings at this point, and mix in.
8. Serve while hot, drizzle olive oil, sprinkle cheese, or add butter..or not. then top with a tbsp dollop of sour cream, and salt/ pepper to taste. I like to drizzle a bit of siracha or buffalo sauce for some character.