Simple Broccoli Soup with Cheddar Croutons Recipe

Top each toast slice with Cheddar cheese. Melt cheese with a kitchen torch until bubbling and golden 30 seconds. (See footnote for broiler instructions.)

Melt butter in a pot over high heat. Cook and stir garlic in hot butter until fragrant and sizzling about 15 seconds. Add stock to pot and bring to a boil. Stir broccoli into stock pushing broccoli down into liquid; return to a boil and cook until broccoli is tender 7 to 8 minutes.

Puree broccoli mixture using an immersion blender until soup is smooth.

Stir cream cayenne pepper and salt into soup; puree with immersion blender again until smooth about 30 seconds. Ladle soup into bowls and top with cheese toast.