Prepare the fresh ingredients. Slice your onion and keep it aside. Chop your fresh garlic. Peel potatoes and cut them into chunks. Slice broccoli florets into chunks as well.
Heat a pan with your olive oil over a medium-low heat setting, and sauté at first the onion until the slices turn soft. Stir in chopped garlic and potato. At last, throw in the broccoli.
2 Tablespoon Olive Oil
Pour the broth over your vegetables and keep it on a medium heat setting.
3½ Cups Broth
Season the soup with all your seasoning ingredients: the salt, black pepper, thyme, rosemary, cumin, bay leaf, and juniper berries.
Salt, Black Pepper Ground, 1 Bay Leaf, 3 Juniper Berries, ½ Teaspoon Thyme Dried, Pinch Rosemary Powder, ¼ Teaspoon Cumin Seeds Ground
Simmer the soup covered for about 20 minutes or until the vegetables are soft and cooked through.
Take the soup from the heat and pick out the whole spices to discard them (juniper berries and bay leaf).
Stir the cream and shredded cheese into your soup and blend smooth with a hand blender.