Cauliflower soup recipe

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  • Cuisine: Greek
  • Prep Time: 15 min(s)
  • Cook Time: 35 min(s)
  • Serves 4

Chef and author Maria Benardis, also founder of www.greekalicious.com.au, links the history of ancient Greece with modern Greek cooking. In this podcast, she speaks about her favourite way to enjoy cauliflower – in a creamy, fragrant soup. Maria says, "This is the way I enjoy cauliflower. Serve with some toasted crusty bread with melted Greek kasseri cheese."
 
Cauliflower traces its ancestry to the wild cabbage, a plant thought to have originated in ancient Asia Minor. The exact origins are somewhat obscure. There is also a belief that the cauliflower originated in Cyprus, thus adopting its old French name of Chou de Chypre (Cyprus cabbage).

In Greece, cauliflower is not the most highly used vegetable, however, you will see it raw in salads, in soups, steamed with ladolemono or slow braised with tomato and spices.

Cauliflower is high in vitamin C and dietary fibre, and has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. It is, therefore, great for those winter colds, the heart and the digestive system.

Ingredients

4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 white onion, finely chopped
1 large potato, chopped
1 cauliflower, cut in florets
Salt and pepper, to taste
1 litre of chicken stock
1 bay leaf
150ml double cream
Ground nutmeg, to garnish
Parsley finely chopped, to garnish
4 tbps greek style yoghurt, to garnish

Preparation

Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and onions, and cook for about 2 minutes or until the onion softens. Add the potato and cauliflower, stirring for 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper.

Add the stock and bay leaf bring to a boil then reduce to a low simmer and cook for about 20 minutes until the cauliflower and potato are soft and tender.

Remove from heat and set aside to cool for 5 minutes. Remove and discard the bay leaf. Using a stick blender, blend all the ingredients until a smooth, thick soup results.

Stir through the cream and season with salt and pepper to taste.

Divide the soup among bowls. Top each with a dollop of yoghurt. Garnish with nutmeg and parsley.

If you enjoyed this Cauliflower soup recipe then browse more Greek recipes, soup recipes, cheese and dairy recipes, child-friendly recipes, easy recipes and our most popular hainanese chicken rice recipe.

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01 May 2012 10:03 AEST
Natalie
Melbourne
Fantatic soul warming food.
Superp soup. Rich in taste not watery. Whole family loved it.
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