Today I arrived at school and had the assignments of making a cream soup and crab salad. I picked through my book and decided on cheddar broccoli soup because it's one of my favorites.
We changed the recipe a little bit, using a bechamel sauce for the base instead of thickening some stock. I simmered the broccoli stalks, celery, onion and mushrooms in the sauce along with a couple bay leaves. When it was finished, I pureed the entire thing, seasoned it with salt and pepper and chilled it. I also blanched some broccoli florets and tomorrow when we get ready to serve the soup, we will add the shredded cheese and broccoli. The base was really good and I'm excited to try it out tomorrow. As soon as it's finished, I will take a picture and add it to today or tomorrows post.
I also made the crab salad. It's fills one of my requirements for a bound salad (something held together with mayo that's creamy, like a fruit salad or potato salad.)
The crab salad had imitation crab, half a purple onion, celery, cubed cheese, mayo, sour cream, salt, pepper and old bay seasoning. I had my doubts at the beginning, but it ended up tasting WAY better than I thought it would.
That honestly was about it for my day. I think I took my time on my soup to make sure I got it right. I tend to mess up if I don't pay attention. I liked the base of that soup so much, I think that's what I'm going to go home and make for dinner tonight.
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