Bon Appetit Broccoli Soup with Turmeric, Peanuts and Crispy Shallots (Pic Heavy)

[admin]

Bon Appetit Broccoli Soup with Turmeric, Peanuts and Crispy Shallots

Did this one on Saturday. I think I nailed it except that Bon Appetit's is almost neon green. I think their photo editor went overboard on saturation, or they added something more than what the recipe calls for.

It was delicious.




Paired it with pan seared swordfish with a cherry pepper / wild mushrooms / crispy shallot salsa, and Yukon Gold slow-baked, smashed potatoes.

Broccoli soup recipe

Swordfish, pan seared on one side for 3 mins, then baked at 375 for 10 mins. Marinated the swordfish for a few hours in EVOO to keep it moist during cooking.



Salsa was left over from another recipe we did the night before from the magazine. (It's in print only.)

Baked Potato recipe - I highly recommend this. It was the best baked potato I ever had.

Lori added an olive oil and salt rub that the recipe didn't call for.

 

[tbradsim1]

It looks fabulous, never ate swordfish, but mostly fish I caught out of the Gulf, if I can find a place that sells it fresh, might try some.

 

[winton]

Shortly after we were married, my wife got a job at a seafood shop. We were poor as church mice, but we had lobster every other week. FYI, there is a short time from when a lobster dies and when it goes bad. Thus, my wife would call me to put the big pot on the fire. Once she got home, with a dead lobster, we would cook it. Afterwards, if the tail snapped back, melt the butter! If the cooked lobster tail was limp, no good. The shop owners did not charge for the lobster, since it was unsalable, being dead.

 

[mikethompson]

Reminds me of my new Grabow!



I think I just might try this one out.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Nice spread. I've made lots of stews and chilis, but never a soup. I need to sample more varieties of soup to get a feel for it.

 

[BROBS]

I’m going to guess it was so much greener because they probably used a vitamix and totally creamed the base before adding the solids. Looks good tho I actually prefer the way yours looks. ?

 

[BROBS]

Nice spread. I've made lots of stews and chilis, but never a soup. I need to sample more varieties of soup to get a feel for it.

Soup is so easy! Big soup fan here.

 

[smokiespipesmoker123]

Looks good buddy!

 

[admin]

I’m going to guess it was so much greener because they probably used a vitamix and totally creamed the base before adding the solids. Looks good tho I actually prefer the way yours looks. ?

Thanks! They totally pureed theirs, where I left mine a little more chunky. I used an immersion hand blender.

 

[BROBS]

Thanks! They totally pureed theirs, where I left mine a little more chunky. I used an immersion hand blender.

That and hue/saturation ?

 

[mau1]

Well done! Looks like a meal from a high-end restaurant. Great presentation as well.

 

[kcghost]

Oh, no, you're not ever going to prepare broccoli for me. That crap is next thing to projectile vomiting. I love it when people order that crap. It means more real food for me.

 

[madox07]

A healthy looking meal too .. enjoy!

 

[jpmcwjr]

Big difference: Kevin's soup looks real and delicious; the commercial one looks like over saturated pond scum. Well, maybe not that bad....

Nice work!

 

[BROBS]

Big difference: Kevin's soup looks real and delicious; the commercial one looks like over saturated pond scum. Well, maybe not that bad....

Nice work!

I’ve seen some backwaters just like that ?

 

[python]

That meal looks awesomely delicious!

 

[instymp]

Big difference: Kevin's soup looks real and delicious; the commercial one looks like over saturated pond scum. Well, maybe not that bad....

Nice work!

You are correct jpm, I saw the article & recipe in the magazine & turned the page without reading it.
Looked like pond scum. And you need a straw to consume.
Kevins looks good.
(For something with Brocoli that isn't covered by cheese sauce to make it taste good.)

 

[instymp]

It looks fabulous, never ate swordfish, but mostly fish I caught out of the Gulf, if I can find a place that sells it fresh, might try some.

It is fantastic on the grill, butter & lemon. Firm fish that hold up well on grill.