Cauliflower Cashew Soup With Crispy Buckwheat Food

CAULIFLOWER-CASHEW SOUP WITH CRISPY BUCKWHEAT

Steps:

• Heat 1/4 cup oil in a large heavy pot over medium. Add shallots, garlic, bay leaves, and thyme; season with salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until shallots are translucent, 6-8 minutes.
• Add wine, bring to a boil, and cook until reduced by half, about 4 minutes.
• Set 3/4 cup cauliflower aside; add the rest to pot along with cayenne and 3/4 cup cashews; season with salt.
• Cover pot, reduce heat to low, and cook, shaking pot occasionally, until cauliflower is fork-tender and vegetables have released all their water, 20-25 minutes (check occasionally to make sure vegetables are not browning; reduce heat if they are).
• Add stock and season with salt and black pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer, partially covered, until cauliflower is falling apart, 20-25 minutes. Discard bay leaves. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
• Meanwhile, finely chop reserved 3/4 cup cauliflower and remaining 2 tablespoons cashews. Heat remaining 1/4 cup oil in a small skillet over medium. Add cauliflower, cashews, and buckwheat; season with salt. Cook, stirring often, until cauliflower and cashews are golden brown and buckwheat is browned and crisp, 5-8 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice and paprika. Let cool slightly.
• Working in batches if needed, purée soup in a blender until very smooth. Return to pot and reheat over mediumlow, stirring and adding more stock to thin if needed (soup should be the consistency of heavy cream). Taste and season soup again if needed.
• Serve soup topped with toasted cauliflower-buckwheat mixture.
• Do ahead: Soup can be made 2 days ahead (or 1 month if frozen). Let cool; transfer to airtight containers and chill.

CHEESY CAULIFLOWER SOUP WITH ROASTED CASHEW NUTS

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large lidded saucepan and brown the chopped cashew nuts for about 1 minute.
• Stir in the onion, garlic and potato, cover and sweat for 10 mins, shaking the pan occasionally.
• Add the cauliflower and stock, bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 20 mins or until the cauliflower is tender.
• remove from heat and blend in the cheese, allow to cool slightly.
• Blend half of the mixture and then stir this through the rest of the soup so that you can actually see pieces of cauliflower and nut.
• reheat very gently without boiling so as not to toughen the cheese.
• check seasoning.

ROASTED CAULIFLOWER SOUP WITH CURRIED CASHEW CREAM (VEGAN/GLUTEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425.
• In large oiled baken pan, combine cauliflower, garlic, onion and potato.
• Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Roast about 30 minutes or until tender and golden, stirring once about 1/2 way through.
• Transfer roasted veggies to a large pot, add broth and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Transfer soup to blender or food processor in batches and blend til smooth. Or use a handheld blender in the pot.
• Return soup to pot if necessary and stir in non-dairy milk. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Simmer 10 minutes longer.
• To serve: ladle into bowls, spoon a swirl of Curried Cashew Creme into the center of each bowl, then sprinkle with chives. Serve Hot.
• Cashew Creme.
• In a blender, process cashews to a fine powder. Add curry powder, salt and non-dairy milk and blend until smooth.