Frugal yet rich and hearty broccoli and stilton soup

I found a large sad and bendy looking piece of broccoli at the back of the fridge drawer this morning and an even sadder neglected piece of stilton cheese from Christmas (when,oh when will we learn that we never do sit around eating mounds of cheese,crackers and pickled onions during the festive season and stop buying them each year?). I was just about to sling them in the bin when I remembered that my favourite flavour of ready made chilled soup from the supermarket was always Broccoli &Stilton.

Not being one for following other people’s recipes I did the following to transform these two rather grizzly finds into the most delicious warming,sustaining bowl of creamy soup I have tasted for a long time…

1. Chopped the broc into florets and the stalks into pieces,discarded the extremely manky looking bits
2. Tried to cover the florets with milk (whole milk as that is what we use in this house) but finished the bottle before they were submerged so topped up with cold water and a teaspoon of veg bouillion stock
3. Brought to the boil and simmered for approx 10 minutes (didn’t time it –poked the broc and it was tender yet still green) then turned off the hob
4. Carved the hideous crusts of mould off the hunk of stilton and chopped the rest (even the really dried up bits) into small chunks. Threw them in with the broccolli and stirred around.
5. Blended with my hand blender
6. Enjoyed a small bowl which I found to be extraordinairily tasty and satisfying

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