Perks of the job

Hi there,

As you all know we found ourselves a job here. It's not what you would've guessed if you know us but actually we really like it. We work at a organic, biological,dynamic veggie farm. That has all sort of vegetables. We learn how to weed, plant, grow and pack them. There's more everyday after work (you work from 8 till 5 with one hour lunch break), you go to the gardens and pick whatever you like. So everything is superfresh and literary handpicked. How cool is that?  Every night I try to make something nice with these amazing vegetables. Yesterday it was spicy broccoli soup.
What do you need?
2 broccoli's
1/2  onion
1/2 red pepper
1 toe of garlic
3 big stripes of bacon
2 tablespoons of cream
1 bunch of parsley
1/2 bunch of coriander
A double of dried herbs that you like. I used fennel, nutmeg and oregano.
pepper & salt
2 tablespoons of olive oil.
1,5 liter of water

First get a big pan on the stove, big enough to add water. Chop the onion and garlic in really small pieces. Put the olive oil in the pan. Add the onion and garlic in the pan. Make sure the gas is at medium/high heat.Now chop the broccoli in pieces also the cut the bottom. Mix these in the pan with the onion and garlic. Give it a stir. Let this heat up. Now chop the parsley and coriander,mix this with the rest in the pan. Add all the water (1,5) into to the pan. Also add pepper and salt. I used boiling water so I put the gas down to low/medium heat. Let this warm for 10 minutes keep stirring every now and then. After you did this put all the herbs in as well. Use how much you like and what you like. This way you make your own broth. That's much nicer then the premade ones. Let all the flavors get together in the pan. Let this rest for 10 minutes. Taste the broth, if it needs anything, just add it to the soup.
Now cut the chili into small rings and leave the on the board. Get the bacon and cut these in to strings of 3 centimeter. Put the bacon in a stir fry and let this get brown and crispy. You don't need oil or butter. The bacon itself has enough fat. Turn the gas of the soup to the lowest position and get the mixer. Mix it all the way you like. I like it with pieces of the vegetable still in but, you can also make it smooth. After this stir it again. Taste again, perhaps add some pepper and salt. After your approval the soup is ready. The bacon should be crispy enough by now so turn that of as well. Get 2 bowls. Pour the soup in get the cream and drizzle that over the soup. Put the bacon on top and finish of with the chilli. Ready to go.

Enjoy your delicious fresh meal!

Love ,

The kitchenprincess

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