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Ann's Spinach and Shrimp Soup
Fresh spinach, blue cheese, and shrimp make this simple soup elegant. Sure to impress at a special luncheon or dinner party, you can make this soup a day ahead--just don't add the shrimp until you are getting ready to serve it...
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 medium onion
- 6 tablespoons flour
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups milk
- 1/4 lb blue cheese or more to taste
- 1/2 lb (8-10 ounce) fresh spinach or 1 package frozen spinach
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 lb large cleaned and cooked shrimp
- Sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
Prep
- Chop the onion
- Crumble the blue cheese
- Clean and chop the fresh spinach or defrost the frozen spinach and drain well
Directions
In a large pot, melt the butter over medium heat. Sauté the onion for about 3 minutes. Sprinkle the flour over the onions and stir.
Add the chicken broth and bring to a boil. Lower the heat. Add the milk and cook for about 5 minutes.
Stir in the blue cheese until melted. Add the spinach, cream, sea salt and pepper. Bring to a boil again.
Add the shrimp. Cook over very low heat until the shrimp are heated through. Do not boil or the shrimp will become tough. Garnish with a few crumbles of blue cheese.
Enjoy from Cape Cod Soups!
