The Munchies Blog

For those days when the local veggie coop box brought you yet another cauliflower, or when you’re recovering from having a wisdom tooth pulled out…

I think the basics for this recipe are out of Cuisine (the NZ version), but it’s heavily modified.

Cauliflower Soup

• 1 big onion
• 50g butter
• 1 cauliflower
• ca 6 medium-sized potatoes
• vegetable stock powder
• salt, white pepper, smoked paprika

Cut the onion into small pieces. Cut off the cauliflower florets and wash them. Wash and (optionally) peel the potatoes and cut them into quarters or so.

Put the butter into a big pot and melt in medium heat. Fry the onion until soft. Stir in some smoked paprika powder. Add cauliflower and potatoes, stir for a minute or so. Add water so that it just doesn’t cover the contents of the pot. Add vegetable stock powder. Bring to a boil and let simmer until the potatoes are soft.

Remove from heat and puree with a stick blender. Add salt, pepper and more smoked paprika to taste. I noticed that it takes quite a lot of salt to make it taste nice.

Add more water, milk or cream to get the consistency you want. I like this soup very thick, almost like a puree.

Serve with nice bread, something like ciabatta should work fine.

You can use parsnips instead of cauliflower, the taste is almost the same.