Recipe - Cream Broccoli Soup Caliente

2 cup Doublestrength chicken
broth
1 cup Chopped fresh broccoli or
frozen chopped broccoli;
thawed & drained
2 tablespoon Unsalted butter
1 md Onion; coarsely chopped
1 Fresh Jalapeno or Serrano
chiles; finely minced (or
more)
Salt to taste
1 cup Whipping cream
2 Egg yolks
tablespoon Caribe (crushed N. New
Mexico

Place broth in a medium, heavy saucepan. Add broccoli, cover and bring to a
simmer. Meanwhile, melt butter in a small skillet, add onion and cook until
lightly browned. Add onion mixture to broccolibroth mixture, cover and
simmer about 30 minutes or until onion is very soft. While mixture is still
hot, process in a food processor or blender until smoothly pureed. Add
jalapeno or serrano chiles, taste, and adjust seasonings, adding salt if
desired. Return soup to pan and place over very low heat. Beat cream and
egg yolks together, pour into soup in a very thin stream, stirring
constantly. Cook, stirring, until soup coats a wooden spoon in a fine film;
do not let soup boil, or it may curdle. Immediately pour soup into soup
cups, sprinkle with caribe and serve piping hot. Makes 4 servings.

From the Hotter Than Hell!, by Jane Butel, ISBN 0895866463
(0895865424 paperback). Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.