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Turn leftover cheese sauce into a quick and easy 5-ingredient blender Broccoli Soup! Jump to Recipe
The last post included a Beer Cheese Sauce made with American wheat ale, cheddar, and smoked Gouda for a sweet n’ smoky explosion of flavor that I turned into a soup.
Leftover Cheese Sauce Broccoli Soup
The Cheese Beer Sauce that went with this Puff Pastry Sausage Braid made a lot. After using it on my baked potatoes, I decided to make a broccoli soup with it as well.
The soup is a little thin because I decided to use broth instead of yogurt. I didn’t want the yogurt to take away flavor from the cheese sauce.
Even though it’s not a thick hearty soup, the flavor is there. The sweet n’ smoky taste from the Gouda comes through and then I spiced it up a little by throwing in some white pepper.
I have a Vitamix so I just blended it on high for 7 minutes until steam started coming out of the top. You can either have a completely smooth soup or you can lightly pulse some reserved broccoli florets in after the long blend.
Broccoli or Broccolini are both fine. I used leftover broccolini so it was already steamed. If you have a Vitamix though just throw the raw in and it will be cooked.
Sprinkle your favorite crackers on top, grate some more cheese on top, and serve.
Other Broccoli Soups on The Blog
I always cook too much broccoli:
Super Fast Blender Broccoli Pistachio Soup
Leftover Mash Broccoli Cheddar Soup
Leftover Cheese Sauce Broccoli Soup
Ingredients
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 1 cup broccolini or broccoli, steamed or grilled raw works too with a Vitamix
- 1/2 cup cheese beer sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon Morton Kosher Salt
- 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
- 1/3 cup broccolini or broccoli florets*
Instructions
- Add everything to a high-speed blender (like a Vitamix or similar) and blend on high for 7 minutes until the soup is hot and steaming. If you want a completely smooth soup, add the 1/3 cup florets along with everything else. But if you want some broccoli solids, add the 1/3 cup florets after blending for 7 minutes. Pulse them in on a low speed to mix them in and then serve the soup hot.
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Man, your food photography makes everything look so freaking good!!! I love broccoli soup and the fact you used BEER CHEESE SAUCE?!?! Gah, I’m so hungry now I can’t stand it 🙂
Thanks so much Christina, that really makes my day when I hear that! And I want to put beer cheese sauce in everything now. I think I purposely make way too much of it so I can use it in other things.
I just tried making broccoli soup in my Vitamix last week! I didn’t love my variation, I need to try your cheesier version instead! YUMMMM… (I’m always looking for a sub. for Panera’s!!)
Cheese makes everything taste better!