3/4 Stick butter
2 cup Beef stock
2 cup Chicken stock
2 lb Broccoli -- coarsely chpd
3/4 lb Mushrooms -- sliced
1/2 lb Leeks -- split, coarsely chpd
1/3 cup White wine
1/2 sm Shallot -- minced
1/8 tsp Dried basil
1 cup Half and half
1 1/4 cup Whipping cream
Salt and pepper
Combine 2Tbs each butter -- beef stock, and
chicken stock in lg skillet. Place over
med high heat, add
broccoli and cook until soft.
Puree in
food processor in 3 batches adding
at least 1/2cup stock with each batch.
Transfer to Dutch oven and add
remaining stocks.
Heat -- stirring
occasionally. Cover and keep warm over low
heat. Heat remaining butter in skillet.
Saute mushrooms and leeks lightly.
Add to soup. Combine wine -- shallot, and basil
in heavy-bottomed med
saucepan and reduce over med heat until -- watching
all liquid evaporates
carefully to avoid scorching.
Meanwhile -- heat half
and half
and 1cup whipping
cream in sm saucepan just until hot.
Whisk constantly. Add cream in slow
steady stream to shallot mixture and cook
over med heat until reduced by
1/3 Whisk cream mixture into warm soup.
At --
this point soup can be cooled
and frozen for future use.
When ready to -- reheat soup just to serve
simmering point. Fold in remaining
whipping cream and salt and pepper
|