Broccoli and stilton soup

Ingredients
2 tbsp olive oil
1 clove garlic, chopped
½ onion, sliced
30g/1oz butter
1 handful grated potato
290ml/½ pint vegetable stock
½ head broccoli, chopped
75g/3oz stilton, cubed
85ml/3fl oz double cream
1 tsp thyme, chopped


Method
1. Sauté the garlic and onion in the butter and oil for 2-3 minutes.
2. Add the potato and stock and simmer for 7-8 minutes until the potato is tender.
3. Add all the other ingredients and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
4. Blend the soup in a food processor.
5. Pour into a bowl and serve.

This is the starter to my main for my christmas eve dinner. this is one of my all time favourite soups, i don't even recall when i started liking it. I might have put in too much stilton though, next time I am cooking this, i have to remember to reduce the amount. Not too sure when that next time is though as I have 4 portions of it my freezer. I am such a squirrel