Creamy Cauliflower Soup With Greens Food

CREAM OF CAULIFLOWER SOUP I

Steps:

• Steam cauliflower.
• Melt the butter or margarine in a stockpot over medium high heat. Add leek, onion, and carrot; cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes. Stir in the tarragon and thyme; cook 1 minute longer. Add flour; cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Reduce the heat to medium, and gradually stir in the wine and chicken stock. Season the soup with salt and white pepper. Add the steamed cauliflower flowerets. Simmer the soup, uncovered, stirring occasionally for 30 minutes.
• Puree the soup in batches in a blender, and return to the pot. Stir in the milk and cream. Gently heat just until heated through.
• If you decide to use the Swiss cheese, stir it in and heat until melted.

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.

WINNING CREAM OF CAULIFLOWER SOUP

Steps:

• In a soup kettle or Dutch oven, saute the onions, carrots, celery and garlic in 1/4 cup butter until tender. Add cauliflower, broth, parsley, salt and pepper, basil and tarragon. Cover and simmer until the vegetables are tender, 30 minutes. , Meanwhile, in a saucepan, melt the remaining butter. Stir in flour until smooth. Gradually stir in the milk and whipping cream. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, 2 minutes. Add to cauliflower mixture. Cook until thickened, stirring frequently, 10 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in sour cream. Garnish with tarragon if desired.

CREAMY CAULIFLOWER SOUP WITH GREENS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat; cook onion, covered, until soft, 4 to 5 minutes. Add garlic and a pinch of salt, and cook for 3 minutes more. Add cauliflower, and pour in filtered water until it reaches just below the top of the cauliflower.
• Bring to a boil over high heat. Add 2 tablespoons dill. Reduce heat to low, and simmer until cauliflower is just tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in greens, and simmer for 3 minutes.
• Let sit for 5 minutes to cool slightly. Stir in remaining 2 tablespoons dill. Puree soup in batches in a blender until very smooth, adding more water (about 1/2 cup) if it's too thick. Return to pot, and reheat. Season with salt and pepper. Garnish with dill, black pepper, a drizzle of oil, and pinch of sea salt.

CREAM OF CAULIFLOWER SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Cut leeks in half lengthwise. Wash to remove dirt. Pat dry and thinly slice crosswise.
• 2. Heat the oil with the butter in a heavy pot over low heat. Wilt the leeks and celery with leaves until softened, 10 minutes; add garlic during the last 5 minutes.
• 3. Stir in the curry powder and ginger, and cook over very low heat to permeate the vegetables, 1 minute.
• 4. Add the broth, lemon juice, and cauliflower florets. Raise the heat to high and bring to a boil; reduce the heat and simmer, partially covered, until the cauliflower is very tender, 15 minutes. Cool slightly.
• 5. Purée in a food processor until very smooth, adding half-and-half through the feed tube. Add extra broth for desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper.

CREAMY CAULIFLOWER AND BRIE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large sauce pan, saute onion in olive oil until transparent.
• Add cauliflower and cook on medium for 5-7 minutes stirring often.
• Sprinkle flour over tender crisp cauliflower and then pour in chicken broth.
• Add milk and cook until mixture begins to thicken.
• Stir in thyme and brie and remove from heat. Stir until brie is melted and then add salt and pepper if desired.
• Use an emersion blender to blend soup or transfer to a blender or food processor instead.
• Garnish with green onions before serving.
• To freeze: Cool completely. Pour into freezer containers, label and freeze up to four months. To serve: defrost overnight in the fridge. Warm in microwave or on stove top without letting soup come to a full boil.

CAULIFLOWER SOUP

Steps:

• In a large soup pot or dutch oven, melt 4 tablespoons butter. Add the onion and cook for a few minutes, or until it starts to turn brown. Add the carrots and celery and cook an additional couple of minutes. Add cauliflower and parsley and stir to combine. Cover and cook over very low heat for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, pour in chicken stock or broth. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and allow to simmer.In a medium saucepan, melt 4 tablespoons butter. Mix the flour with the milk and whisk to combine. Add flour-milk mixture slowly to the butter, whisking constantly. Remove from heat and stir in 1 cup half-and-half. Add mixture to the simmering soup. Allow to simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Check seasoning and add more salt or pepper if necessary. Just before serving, place the sour cream in a serving bowl or soup tureen. Add two to three ladles of hot soup into the tureen and stir to combine with the sour cream. Pour in remaining soup and stir.Serve immediately.

CREAMY CAULIFLOWER SOUP WITH GREENS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook onion, covered, until soft, 4-5 minutes.
• Add garlic and pinch of salt and cook for 3 more minutes.
• Add cauliflower and pour in water until it reaches just below the tope of the cauliflower.
• Bring to a boil over high heat.
• Add 2 tbs dill. Reduce heat to low and simmer until cauliflower is just tender, about 10 minutes.
• Stir in greens and simmer for 3 minutes.
• Blend with stick until smooth, adding water if it is too thick. If you don't have a stick, cool a bit before blending to puree in your blender, in batches.
• Return to pot and reheat.
• Garnish with dill, black pepper and a drizzle of oil and a pinch of sea salt.

CREAM OF CAULIFLOWER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a medium-sized stockpot over medium-high. When the pot is hot, add the oil and let it heat until shimmering. Add the onion and celery and turn the heat down to medium. Stir and cook until the vegetables are translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the kosher salt and stir well.
• Add the cauliflower rice and cook until fully defrosted if using frozen and slightly translu-cent if using fresh. Then add the heavy cream and water. Bring the mixture to a gentle boil.
• As soon as it comes to a boil, place the hot mixture into a blender and blend on high until very smooth (you can also use an immersion blender). If your blender has a soup setting, use that to puree. Taste the soup, adding more salt to taste.
• Place the pine nuts and sunflower seeds in a dry, small, nonstick sauté pan. Heat over medium heat and toast the nuts until browned, about 1 to 2 minutes. Mix in the chia seeds and parsley.
• Divide the soup between four bowls and top with the toasted nut topping.

CREAMY CAULIFLOWER SOUP

Steps:

• In a 5-quart saucepan, add all ingredients except salt and white pepper.
• Cover and simmer until vegetables are tender (about 20 minutes).
• Strain off and reserve most of the liquid.
• Place vegetables in a food processor and puree.
• Add pureed vegetables and reserved liquid back into the pot, add salt and white pepper, and reheat.

GREEN CAULIFLOWER SOUP

Steps:

• Make roux by combining butter and flour in lg. saucepan. Whisk to combine and cook briefly. Add either more butter or more flour to adjust thickness.
• Add chopped onion and garlic, cook briefly but do not let roux brown.
• Add chicken broth, stir and simmer until it thickens.
• Add cauliflower and cook until tender.
• Add milk and green onion.
• Add cheese and salt and pepper.
• Cook until cheese melts.
• These are only guesses at measurements as I just add the amount of each ingredient I think it needs. You may prefer the soup thinner. Use less roux and milk.
• Freshly made soup is so easy to make, and you can adjust salt and seasoning to taste. Why eat a canned or powdered soup?

CREAM OF CAULIFLOWER SOUP

Steps:

• Peel and roughly chop the onion. In a large pot over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the onion and salt. Cook, stirring occasionally and adjusting the heat so the onions are cooking but not browning, until the onions look starchy and a bit creamy, about 5 minutes.
• While the onions cook, peel and chop the garlic. Add the garlic to the pot and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Meanwhile, roughly chop the cauliflower or simply pull it apart into florets. Many people will be tempted to discard the solid white core, but it has plenty of flavor, so chop it up and add it in with the florets. Add the cauliflower to the pot, stir to combine, cover and cook 3 minutes.
• Add the broth, bring to a boil, and reduce the heat to maintain a steady simmer. Cook until the cauliflower is very tender, about 10 minutes.
• Purée the soup with a hand-held immersion blender. Or whirl in a blender or food processor until smooth (place a kitchen towel over the blender to prevent potential burns); depending on how big your blender is, you may need to work in batches. However you puree the soup, whirl it for a bit longer than you think necessary to achieve the smoothest possible soup.
• Stir in the pepper and nutmeg. Taste and add more salt, pepper, and/or nutmeg to your liking. (Note: At this point the soup may be cooled, covered, and frozen for up to four months.)
• Stir in the cream and cook over medium-low heat until the soup is nice and hot. Serve the soup hot, with a sprinkle of parsley or chives as a garnish, if you like.

CREAMY CAULIFLOWER SOUP WITH FETA

Steps:

• Cut off the dark green top of the leek, cut down the centre almost to the root end, slice and immerse in cold water to remove any dirt.
• Drain in a colander or dry in a salad spinner.
• Combine leek, cauliflower, potato and stock in a large saucepan and heat to boiling over medium-high heat, then lower heat to low, cover and simmer for 25 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• Let cool slightly, then puree in batches until smooth in food processor or blender.
• Return to saucepan, stir in cream and dill, and season with salt and pepper.
• Reheat until hot, but do not let boil or soup may curdle.
• Serve in heated bowls, each topped with some of the cheese and dill.