Cauliflower And Bacon Soup Food

COLD CAULIFLOWER SOUP WITH BACON AND CROUTONS

Steps:

• For the croutons: Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Arrange the bread cubes in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with the olive oil. Sprinkle the thyme on top and season with the salt and pepper if using. Toss until coated. Bake until golden and crisp, 10 to 12 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• For the bacon: On another baking sheet, arrange the bacon in a single layer. Bake until browned and crisp, 15 to 17 minutes. Drain on paper towels. When cool enough to handle, chop into 1/2-inch pieces and set aside.
• For the soup: In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the celery, shallots, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and cook until soft, about 4 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until aromatic, about 30 seconds. Stir in the chicken broth, thyme and cauliflower. Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer, cover and cook until the vegetables are tender, 20 to 25 minutes.
• In batches, puree the soup in a food processor until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Cool the soup to room temperature, then refrigerate until ready to serve, at least 2 hours.
• Ladle the chilled soup into bowls and garnish with the croutons and bacon.
• Cook's Note: The soup can also be blended using an immersion blender.

CAULIFLOWER-CHEDDAR SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the onion and garlic; cook, stirring, until they start softening, about 4 minutes. Add the cauliflower, bay leaf, rosemary, 1 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper. Cook, stirring, until the cauliflower starts browning, 5 minutes. Stir in the flour until absorbed, about 1 minute. Add the chicken broth and milk; bring to a boil. Reduce the heat; simmer until the cauliflower is tender, 30 minutes. Remove the bay leaf.
• Working in batches, transfer the soup to a blender and puree until smooth (or puree in the pot with an immersion blender). Return the soup to the pot over medium heat. Stir in the cheese until melted; add up to 1 cup water if the soup is too thick.
• Add the sherry; season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with nutmeg and serve with cheese straws.

CREAM OF CAULIFLOWER SOUP WITH BACON

Steps:

• Heat oil in large saucepan on medium heat. Add onions; cook and stir 5 min. or until softened. Add cauliflower and thyme; cook and stir 2 min.
• Add bouillon cubes, water and pepper; bring to boil. Cover; simmer on medium-low heat 30 min.
• Remove and discard thyme sprigs. Use immersion blender to process soup until smooth.
• Add cream cheese product; cook on medium heat 2 to 3 min. or until cream cheese is completely melted and soup is well blended.
• Sprinkle with bacon and crushed croutons.

CAULIFLOWER AND BACON SOUP

Steps:

• Heat large pot or dutch oven on medium heat, then add bacon to the pan and cook for a few minutes, stirring regularly, until bacon is crisp. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate and set aside. Leave the bacon grease in the pot.
• Add onion and garlic and sauté until onion is soft and translucent.
• Add potato, cauliflower and stock to the pot. Cover pot partially, bring to boil then turn down to simmer for 20-25 minutes, until the vegetables are cooked.
• Add 3/4 of the bacon bits to the pot (reserving the rest for serving). Puree the soup using either a stick blender or food processor and process until smooth.
• Return soup to pot and place on medium heat. If the soup is too thick, add some more stock. Simmer for 5 minutes, or until soup is heated through.
• Remove from heat, season the soup to taste salt and mix cream through.
• Serve immediately, garnished with the remaining bacon bits, some sprinkled black pepper, shredded cheese and crusty bread, if desired.

CREAMY CAULIFLOWER AND BACON SOUP

Steps:

• Place cauliflower in a steamer basket; place in a large saucepan over 1 in. of water. Bring to a boil; cover and steam for 8-10 minutes or until tender. Cool slightly., Place cauliflower and 1/2 cup cream in a food processor; cover and process until pureed. Transfer to a large saucepan., Stir in the cheese, salt, nutmeg, pepper and remaining cream. Add enough water to reach desired consistency; heat through. Sprinkle each serving with bacon.

CAULIFLOWER AND BACON SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large pot, add leek and bacon, cook stirring until soft. Add cauliflower, cook, stirring 2 minutes.
• Stir in water and crunbled stock cubes. Simmer covered about 15 minutes or until soft.
• Blend cauliflower until smooth using either a stick mixer or a food processor.
• Return to pan, stir in cream.
• Heat extra butter in a pan, add extra bacon, cook, stirring until crisp, drain on paper.
• Serve soup in bowls sprinkled with extra bacon and chopped parsley.

LOW CARB CAULIFLOWER AND BACON SOUP

Steps:

• Separate cauliflower and cut into small pieces. Boil with chicken & bacon stock until very tender. Fry bacon until crisp, place on paper towel to drain. Saute onion in bacon fat until soft, about 8 minutes.
• Place onion and cooked cauliflower in food processor with some of the broth (how much broth depends on how thick you want it). Add butter and cream and pulse until creamy. Sprinkle in salt and pepper to taste.
• Top with cooked bacon and cheese and serve.

CREAMY CAULIFLOWER SOUP WITH BACON

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large Dutch oven over medium. Add onion, thyme, salt, and garlic. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is very soft and slightly caramelized, 10 to 12 minutes. Add flour to Dutch oven, and cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute. Add stock and potato. Increase heat to high, cover, and bring to a boil. Add cauliflower, and reduce heat to medium. Cook, uncovered, until cauliflower is tender, about 20 minutes.
• Transfer cauliflower mixture to a blender; add cayenne. Secure lid on blender, and remove center piece to allow steam to escape. Place a clean towel over opening, and process until smooth, about 1 minute. Ladle soup into bowls. Top with bacon and chives.

CREAM OF CAULIFLOWER AND BACON SOUP

Steps:

• In a large skillet, over medium heat, saute the cauliflower, onion and crumbled bacon in the margarine.
• Whisk in the flour.
• Add the chicken stock, milk and Worcestershire sauce.
• Stir in the cheese and, as soon as the cheese melts, the parsley.
• Continue to simmer over low heat until the cauliflower is tender.

CAULIFLOWER, BRIE AND BACON SOUP

Steps:

• Fry bacon in a large pot until browned but not crisp.
• Drain on paper towels, then coarsely chop.
• Remove all but 2 tablespoons of drippings from the pot.
• Add onions and saute until translucent, about 7 minutes.
• Stir in cauliflower, broth, and celery soup.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and cover and simmer for 45 minutes or until cauliflower is soft.
• Cool soup 10 minutes before adding bacon and cheese.
• When cool enough to handle, puree in batches in a blender until smooth, pouring pureed soup into another pot or storage container.
• Garnish with parsley and or red pepper.

WHOLE30 CREAMY CAULIFLOWER SOUP

Steps:

• Melt ghee in large pot on stove over medium heat. Add garlic, onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is translucent (about 5 minutes).
• Add carrots, celery, cauliflower, broth, milk, bay leaf, salt and pepper and bring to a boil.
• Boil until veggies are tender, about 25 minutes if using a cauliflower head, 10 minutes if using frozen cauliflower.
• Transfer to food processor, remove bay leaf, and purée in blender or food processor until smooth.
• Stir in parsley and top with crumbled bacon.

ROASTED CAULIFLOWER SOUP WITH BACON AND CARAMELIZED ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
• Cut the head of cauliflower into similar sized pieces, toss it with the garlic cloves and 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil. Season with salt and pepper and cook on a baking sheet. About 25 minutes or until the cauliflower is tender.
• In a small sauté pan over medium heat, cook bacon until crispy. Use a slotted spoon to carefully remove the pieces from the bacon grease and set aside for later.
• Reduce the heat to low and add the onions to the bacon fat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are a deep golden brown. Add olive oil or melt butter if needed. Set aside.
• In a heavy bottomed pot, add the roasted cauliflower, garlic cloves and chicken stock. Bring it to a boil, then reduce to a simmer until the cauliflower is heated through. Purée with a blender or food processor. Stir in the parmigiano reggiano cheese until melted and season with salt and pepper.
• Garnish with the cooked bacon, caramelized onions, optional fried sage, and additional parmigiano reggiano.

CREAM OF CAULIFLOWER SOUP WITH BACON & DILL

Steps:

• Cook and stir bacon in large saucepan on medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon from pan with slotted spoon, reserving 2 Tbsp. drippings in pan. Drain bacon on paper towels.
• Add onions to reserved drippings in pan; cook and stir 8 min. or until tender. Add broth, water and potatoes; stir. Bring to boil; cover. Simmer on medium-low heat 15 min. or just until potatoes are tender. Stir in cauliflower; cook 7 min. or until tender. Stir in 1/4 cup each cheese and dressing.
• Blend soup, in batches, in blender until smooth. Ladle into 4 bowls. Sprinkle bacon over soup; top with remaining cheese. Drizzle with remaining dressing; sprinkle with dill.

ROASTED CAULIFLOWER + BACON SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400*
• In two large roasting pans add cauliflower, onions, garlic and capers
• Drizzle vegetables with oil and toss to coat with chili flakes, thyme, salt and pepper to taste
• Bake for 35 minutes until cauliflower is tender and slighting golden, get some goodness on it!
• Meanwhile, fry pieces of bacon until crispy and set aside to cool
• Once, vegetables are done roasting add to a high powered blender with 2 cups of chicken stock and puree. Depending on the size of your blender you may need to do this in batches, you can also use an immersion blender
• Add cauliflower puree and remaining chicken stock to a large stock pot and bring to a boil
• Meanwhile add the bacon to the blender and pulse until finely chopped, you should have small bacon bits
• Once pot begins to boil bring to a simmer and add bacon bits
• Simmer for another 15- 20 minutes and serve

TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH CAULIFLOWER AND BACON SOUP

Steps:

• Fry the onion and bacon in oil for 2-3 minutes. Stir in the potatoes, cauliflower and stock and bring to the boil. Cover and simmer for fifteen minutes or until tender. Liquidize the soup and then add milk. Reheat gently and season to taste. As an added touch, you can grill a couple of rashers of bacon until crisp; crush and sprinkle on top of the soup in the plate before serving.