World Famous Recipes

Curried Broccoli Soup

2 lb broccoli

3 3/4 cups chicken stock

1 Tbs butter or vegetable oil

1 medium onion, finely chopped

2 tsp curry powder

Pinch cayenne pepper

1 Tbs cornstarch

2/3 cup whipping cream

1/2 cup fresh watercress, finely chopped

Salt

Clean the broccoli and cut it into pieces. Cover with

the boiling water with 1 tsp of salt added and cook for

about 15 minutes, until it is tender. Drain, mash and

add to the chicken stock in a heavy saucepan. Heat the

butter in a separate pan and brown the onion lightly.

Add the onion to the stock. In the remaining butter in

the pan, fry the curry powder and cayenne to a dark

brown. Stir in the corn flour and cook to a smooth

paste. Add a little of the stock to this, blending

well, and return everything to the saucepan. Allow to

simmer for 5 minutes, then press all through a sieve or

puree in a blender. Add more salt to taste, if needed.

Chill well. Add the chilled cream just before serving.

Sprinkle with the chopped watercress.