Broccoli Apple Soup Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 large bunch broccoli (about 3 heads with stems)
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup yellow or white onion, thinly sliced or finely chopped
• 1 good cooking apple (a non-tart apple such as Jonagold, golden delicious, McIntosh), peeled, cored, chopped
• 3 cups chicken stock
• 1 cup unfiltered apple juice or apple cider (not hard cider)
• 4 sprigs lemon thyme or thyme
• 2 long strips lemon zest
• 1 tablespoon fresh chives, chopped, for garnish