Cauliflower Vanilla Soup Food

CAULIFLOWER-CHEESE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine water, cauliflower, potatoes, celery, carrots, and onion. Boil for 5 to 10 minutes, or until tender. Set aside.
• Melt butter in separate saucepan over medium heat. Stir in flour, and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from heat, and gradually stir in milk. Return to heat, and cook until thickened. Stir in vegetables with cooking liquid, and season with salt and pepper. Stir in cheese until melted, and remove from heat.

CAULIFLOWER SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, combine the cauliflower, carrot, celery, water and bouillon. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 12-15 minutes or until vegetables are tender (do not drain)., In a large saucepan, melt butter. Stir in the flour, salt and pepper until smooth. Gradually add milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Reduce heat. Stir in the cheese until melted, adding hot pepper sauce if desired. Stir into the cauliflower mixture.

CREAM OF CAULIFLOWER SOUP II

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in onion and garlic and cook until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in potatoes and carrots and cook 5 minutes more. Pour in chicken broth and bring to a boil. Stir in cauliflower, cover, reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are tender, 10 to 20 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Puree in batches in a blender or food processor, or in the pot using an immersion blender. Return to low heat and stir in milk, salt, pepper, nutmeg and sherry. Heat through. Serve garnished with parsley.

SIMPLE CAULIFLOWER SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Saute the onion in the butter for 5 minutes. Stir in the cauliflower and potato and saute for 5 more minutes.
• Pour in the stock, bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes, or until all vegetables are tender. Add the milk, stirring well to blend. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

CAULIFLOWER VANILLA SOUP

Steps:

• Break the cauliflower into small florets.
• In a large saucepan over medium heat, add the stock and bring it to a simmer.
• Add the cauliflower, sliced onion, and garlic.
• Split the vanilla pod and scrape out the seeds, adding them to the contents of the saucepan.
• (You can discard the empty pod, if you like, but you can also cut it into pieces and put it into an airtight jar of sugar and let sit for three weeks to make vanilla sugar).
• Simmer the soup for 15 minutes or until cauliflower is tender.
• Remove from heat and stir in the heavy cream, then add salt and pepper to taste.
• Pour the mixture into a blender, in batches if necessary, and whir until smooth or to desired texture.
• Serve immediately with good crusty bread.
• Also good garnished with a shaving of Parmesan or Asiago.

CAULIFLOWER SOUP

Steps:

• In a large, heavy bottom saucepan over medium heat add the butter and leeks and cook until the leeks are tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Once the leeks are tender add the flour, stirring well and cook until all of the flour has been incorporated. Add the stock, cauliflower and the potato and bring the mixture to a boil. Once boiling, reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the heat, and let cool for about 5 minutes. Add the soup, in batches, to a food processor or blender and puree. Return the soup to the original saucepan over medium-high heat, add the cream and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 10 to 12 minutes to allow the soup to thicken. Stir in the sage. Ladle the soup into serving bowls and garnish with tarragon or chives.

CREAMY CAULIFLOWER SOUP

Steps:

• Break cauliflower into florets.
• Heat first amount of water to boiling; add cauliflower, celery, onion and lemon juice.
• Cover and cook until tender, about 10 minutes.
• DO NOT DRAIN.
• Blend vegetable mixture in blender or with hand blender until smooth.
• Heat margarine in saucepan over low heat; stir in flour, cook stirring constantly until smooth and bubbly; remove from heat.
• Stir in remaining amount of water; heat to boiling, stirring constantly; boil 1 minute.
• Stir in vegetable mixture, bouillon, pepper and nutmeg; heat just to boiling.
• Stir in cream; heat but do not boil.
• Serve with grated cheese if desired.