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charred broccoli and aged white cheddar soup

an elevated classic

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Rachel Halldorson
Oct 18, 2025
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Welcome back to the life of a soup girl series. Keeping things short and sweet cause this week has been NUTS.


Don’t forget to check out these soup guides with more coming this week:

  1. soup icon starter kit

  2. the stock guide: everything you need to know about stock

  3. glowing up your soup (coming this week)

And for future reference, you can find all things soup series in the soup hub.

Let’s dive into this weeks soup!


charred broccoli and aged white cheddar soup

serves 4 | 1 hour minutes

If you know me you know I love to layer flavors. I had so many requests from you for a broccoli cheddar soup and while I do have a classic recipe, of course I wanted to do an elevated version as well. Unfortunately a charred broccoli leads to a pretty brownish soup, but with a cute little cheese chip on top, we make it look look just as great as it tastes.

Browse all my recommended tools in one place: Complete Kitchen Collection.

  • Chef’s knife

  • Cutting board

  • Dutch oven

  • Wooden spoon

  • Cheese grater

  • Large sheet pan (for charring broccoli)

  • Immersion blender

  • 1/8 sheet pan (for cheese crisps)

  • Ladle

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