Winter-Spring Broccoli Soup

  • Open small bottle of Guinness
  • Peel 1 bunch of actual spring onions (so, larger than shallots, but not mature onions yet)
  • Peel 1 bunch of actual spring garlic (that looks like shallots, but is garlic)
  • Chop up about 2 pounds of delicious-looking, small broccoli buds, leaves, stems, everything
  • Throw onions and garlic in a pot with a glob of olive oil and a knob of butter and a fair bit of nice salt
  • Cook until soft
  • Throw in broccoli
  • Toss well
  • Pour in a thingy of chicken stock
  • Heat through/boil gently (you want it to stay very green)
  • Splurt
  • Toast some cheesy bread, and butter
  • Pour another Guinness if you've finished the first one
  • Eat, drink, be merry.