Hope's Creamy Broccoli Soup

• 9 cups broccoli florets
• 1 medium onion
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 12 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1 pinch basil
• 1 pinch thyme
• 1 pinch sage
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 8 tablespoons butter, divided
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 14 teaspoon onion salt
• 1 dash Tabasco sauce
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 7 tablespoons butter
• 7 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups whole milk
• 12 cup whipping cream

1. Cook onion and 1 TBSP butter, add broccoli, and rest ingredients (except buttermilk), bring to a boil for 10 min until broccoli is tender.
2. Make a white sauce: Mix ingredients together but do not boil then add to rest of soup mixture.
3. Cook for additional 5 min then add buttermilk your soup is ready to serve.

broccoli florets, onion, bay leaf, pepper, garlic salt, basil, thyme, sage, chicken broth, butter, salt, onion salt, tabasco sauce, buttermilk, butter, flour, milk, whipping cream

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/hopes-creamy-broccoli-soup-186674 (may not work)