Stilton And Watercress Soup

Total Time: 13 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 1/2 cups chicken stock or 2 1/2 cups vegetable stock
• 8 ounces watercress
• 5 ounces stilton cheese or 5 ounces other blue cheese
• 2/3 cup light cream

Recipe

• 1 pour the stock and bring almost to a boil.
• 2 remove tough stems and stalks from the watercress, and discard.
• 3 add cress to stock, and simmer for 2-3 minutes or until tender.
• 4 crumble the cheese into the pan and simmer for 1 minute--until cheese has begun to melt.
• 5 process the soup, in batches if necessary, until smooth.
• 6 return soup to pan, and stir in the cream.
• 7 check seasoning, to see if salt is needed.
• 8 heat the soup, but do not boil.