Creamy Cauliflower Garlic Soup Recipes

CREAMY CAULIFLOWER AND GARLIC SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large stockpot over medium heat.
• Add cauliflower, onion, and garlic and sauté until the vegetables have caramelized (roughly 15 minutes).
• Add stock and reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for about 20 minutes or until the cauliflower florets are soft and tender.
• Puree the mixture in a blender until smooth. Add some water to get it going in the blender. Then, pour the soup back into the pot.
• Stir in the cream and Parmesan cheese and simmer for 1-2 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Top with optional toppings and serve immediately.

CREAMY ROASTED GARLIC AND CAULIFLOWER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat your oven to 425F. (400F if you're not using frozen cauliflower)
• Cut off the tops of the garlic bulb, drizzle a bit of olive oil on top, and wrap it up in tin foil. Roast in the oven for 40-60 minutes.
• At the same time, coat your frozen cauliflower with some olive oil and salt and roast for around 20-25 minutes. Reserve 4-6 roasted cauliflower if you'd like to garnish with one.
• When cool to touch, remove the garlic cloves from the skin and set aside.
• In a heavy bottomed pot over medium heat, add in your butter, onion, and shallots and saute for 2-3 minutes, until softened.
• Add in the roasted garlic cloves, saute, and then add in the roasted cauliflower and vegetable stock. Salt to taste
• Stir and bring it to a boil before lowering the heat to a simmer for 15-20 minutes.
• Using an immersion blender or regular blender, blend the soup until it is smooth (I used my Vitamix). Be sure you don't overfill your blender and remove the centre cap from the lid of your blender and cover with a paper towel to allow the heat to escape while blending.
• Serve with some croutons and a roasted cauliflower floret as garnish if desire and enjoy immediately or pack into airtight containers to meal prep for the week.

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.

CAULIFLOWER, GARLIC AND TURMERIC SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas mark 6. Cut the top off the head of the garlic so that you can just see the tops of the cloves. Sit the garlic on a generous square of aluminium foil (shiny-side up) and drizzle a small amount of the olive oil over. Pull up the edges of the foil to form a tightly wrapped but baggy parcel and put in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Remove and allow to cool a little while you get on with the soup. Pour the rest of the oil into a wide saucepan and fry the onion gently for 10 minutes or so until softened but not browning. Add the cauliflower florets and turn in the oily onion. Add the turmeric and keep stirring, then stir in the potato. Cover and cook over a low to medium heat for about 10 minutes. Squeeze in the pulpy, sweet, baked garlic cloves (just squish the head straight into the saucepan) and then add the stock/broth. Bring to the boil, lower the heat to a simmer, then cover and cook for a further 15 minutes or so. Purée in a foodprocessor or blender or, if you like a soup with more texture, just stick a handheld blender in the pan or bash about with an old-fashioned potato masher. Add freshly chopped parsley or coriander/cilantro to the bowls as you eat.

CREAMY CAULIFLOWER-GARLIC SOUP

Steps:

• With a sharp knife, cut top 1/2 off garlic head (off the pointy part of the head). Set garlic on a sheet of foil and top with butter. Gather sides of foil up and pinch together to form a loose, sealed pouch.
• Bake garlic in a 400° oven until garlic is soft when pressed, 45 to 50 minutes. Unwrap and let stand until cool enough to handle.
• Meanwhile, cut cauliflower heads into 1-inch florets, discard leaves and stems. In a 4 to 5-quart pan, combine cauliflower and broth. Cover, bring to a simmer over high heat, then reduce heat and simmer until cauliflower is very tender when pierced, 12 to 15 minutes.
• Squeeze garlic cloves from papery skins into pan with cauliflower and broth; pour in cream. Working in batches, transfer to a blender and whirl until smooth (I use an immersion blender at this point). Return soup to pan and add the nutmeg and salt and pepper to taste.
• Set pan over medium-low heat and stir occasionally until hot. Pour into a large bowl or tureen and sprinkle with chives.

CREAMY CAULIFLOWER SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a Dutch oven over MEDIUM heat. Add the onions and carrots and cook, stirring for a few minutes until carrots are fork tender and the onion is translucent. Add ½ teaspoon salt, the parsley, and the garlic and cook and stir for another minute.
• Add the flour and cook for 2 minutes. Slowly pour in the chicken broth, stirring as you add it. Increase the heat to MEDIUM-HIGH and and cook the mixture until it comes to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce the heat to LOW and simmer for about 2 or 3 minutes or until it begins to slightly thicken.
• Add the cauliflower and return to a low boil. Reduce the heat to LOW and place the cover on the Dutch oven. Cook for 20 minutes or until the cauliflower is very tender.
• Remove the pot from the heat and puree the mixture with an immersion blender or in batches in a blender or food processor, returning to the Dutch oven when you reach the desired consistency.
• Return the pot to the stove and over LOW heat, add the milk and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the cheese and cook and stir until the cheese is completely melted. Add remaining ½ teaspoon salt and taste. Season with additional salt, if needed, freshly ground black pepper, and a few shakes of hot sauce, if desired.

CREAMY CAULIFLOWER AND ASIAGO SOUP

Steps:

• Bring chicken broth to a boil in a large pot. Cook cauliflower, white wine, and bay leaves in the boiling broth over medium-high heat until cauliflower is tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Mix garlic, cream cheese, and Asiago cheese together in a bowl.
• Strain cauliflower from broth with a slotted spoon and add to the cheese mixture. Remove bay leaves from stock and discard.
• Mash cauliflower and cream cheese mixture with a potato masher until well mixed; season with salt and black pepper.
• Stir cauliflower mixture into the broth until smooth. Season with rosemary, thyme, salt, and black pepper.