Cauliflower Brie And Bacon Soup Recipes

BACON-CHEDDAR CAULIFLOWER CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a large skillet and over medium heat, turning occasionally, until crispy, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate with a slotted spoon, leaving bacon grease in the skillet. Crumble bacon when cool to the touch.
• Add celery and garlic to the skillet and cook in the bacon grease until celery is tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Add cauliflower, water, and onion powder; cover skillet to steam cauliflower. Cook, stirring every so often, until cauliflower is tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add milk, 1 3/4 cups chicken broth, and hot sauce. Bring to a boil.
• Meanwhile, whisk flour into the remaining chicken broth in a small bowl and drizzle into the boiling chowder. Add Cheddar cheese and 1/2 of the crumbled bacon. Stir until smooth and cheese has melted.
• Season with salt, pepper, and hot sauce. Ladle into bowls and top with remaining bacon.

CAULIFLOWER, BACON & BRIE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a soup pan. Chop the bacon into 1 cm cubes and fry until crispy, stirring frequently. Transfer to a paper towel to drain and reserve 1 tbsp of the bacon fat for the soup.
• Add the butter and bacon fat to the same pan and saute the onion and the cauliflower until the onion begins to soften and the cauliflower begins to brown a bit on the edges.
• Add the potato, thyme and chicken stock. Cover with a lid, reduce the heat and simmer for 20-30 minutes until the vegetables are tender.
• Remove from the heat and add the Brie and half of the crispy bacon. Blend with a hand blender until it reaches the desired consistency, thinning with milk or cream, if desired.
• Serve garnished with the remaining crispy bacon and some fresh parsley leaves.

CREAM OF CAULIFLOWER SOUP WITH BACON GREMOLATA

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and celery in the hot oil until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and salt, and stir for 1 minute. Stir in potato, cauliflower, chicken broth, and water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until cauliflower is tender and potatoes are easily smashed against the side of the pot, about 30 minutes.
• Puree the soup using an immersion blender until smooth. Reduce heat to low, season with cayenne pepper and salt. Pour in cream and stir until warmed. Season with more salt if needed.
• Cook bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 8 minutes. Transfer cooked bacon to a paper towel lined plate to drain. Toss breadcrumbs in the remaining bacon grease in the skillet, and cook over low heat until toasted and crisp. Stir in cheese and continue to cook until melted. Transfer to a bowl and cool to room temperature. Stir in bacon, lemon zest, and parsley. Toss to coat.
• Serve soup garnished with bacon gremolata over the top.

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 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.

GRILLED CAULIFLOWER WITH BACON AND BRIE

Steps:

• In a medium saute pan over medium-high heat, cook the bacon until the fat has rendered and the bacon is crispy, 7 to 8 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, remove the bacon from the pan and place on a paper towel-lined plate. Reduce heat to medium, then add the flour to the fat in the pan and whisk until smooth. Cook, stirring often, until nutty and fragrant, 3 to 4 minutes. Pour in the milk in a slow steady stream while whisking constantly. Whisk until smooth. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 7 to 8 minutes. Stir in the Brie, 1 teaspoon of the salt and the nutmeg, stirring until the Brie is melted. Add 3/4 of the bacon and stir to combine. Remove from the heat and keep warm while you prepare the cauliflower.
• Preheat a grill to medium high and wipe down the grates with a towel dipped in canola oil to clean and create a nonstick surface. Drizzle the cauliflower florets with olive oil and season with the remaining 1 teaspoon salt and the pepper. Grill cauliflower until it is caramelized and charred on all sides, 7 to 8 minutes. Remove from the grill and place on a large platter. While still hot, spoon the bacon and Brie mixture over the top. Garnish with the remaining crispy bacon and parsley.

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.

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.

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.