Saturday 2 March 2013

White Velvet Soup

Invented a new soup for all of us cauliflower lovers! Calling it "White Velvet Soup". 

It's made with a lot of cauliflower, garlic, onion, tarragon, nutmeg, butterbeans, ground almond and almond milk. Just over 150 calories a serving (I'm making 10 servings with 2 heads of cauliflower - my lunches for a couple of days next week!) 

I'm thinking that this would be perfect with either some crispy bacon sprinkled on top, or my other idea is a few slices of chorizo sausage fried with some cubes of bread (to the flavour oozes out of the meat) and sprinkled on top. The soup (without bacon, etc) is vegetarian - also dairy free (as using almond milk) but may contain traces of nuts!

Photo: Inventing a new soup for all of us cauliflower lovers! Calling it "White Velvet Soup". It's made with a lot of cauliflower, garlic, onion, tarragon, nutmeg, butterbeans, ground almond and almond milk. Just over 150 calories a serving (I'm making 10 servings with 2 heads of cauliflower - my lunches for a couple of days next week!) You'll have to wait a while for the recipe, as I'll need to test it first and see whether I'd do anything differently. I'm thinking that this would be perfect with either some crispy bacon sprinkled on top, or my other idea is a few slices of chorizo sausage fried with some cubes of bread (to the flavour oozes out of the meat) and sprinkled on top. The soup (without bacon, etc) is vegetarian - also dairy free (as using almond milk) but may contain traces of nuts!
White Velvet Soup
Preparation Time:          25 mins
Cooking Time:                  1 hr 15 mins
Serves:                               10
Calories per serving:       157.0



Ingredients
Cauliflower, Raw, Average                         -  830g
Beans, Butter, Canned, Drained                 -  1 Can/250g
Onions, Brown,                                          -  2 Onions/200g
Garlic, Raw, Average                                  -  2 Cloves/6g
Oil, Olive, Extra Virgin, Average                 -  2 Tbsps/30ml
Butter, Spreadable, Slightly Salted, Lurpak -  1½ Servings/15g
Almonds, Ground                                         -  85g
Almond, Milk, Alpro                                    -  500ml
Water, Mineral Or Tap                                -  2 pt 8 fl oz
Tarragon, Dried, Ground                             -  2 Tsps/4g
Nutmeg, Ground, Average                          -  1 Tsp/3g
Stock Cubes, Vegetable, Organic, Kallo   -  1 Cube/50ml


Method
(1) Put oil and Lurpak in a large pan and melt over a medium heat.

(2) Finely chop onion and add to pan. Stir for about 10 minutes until translucent - don't allow to brown! Finely chop the garlic cloves and add to the onion. Continue to stir for 5 minutes more.

(3) Add the stock cube to the pan and about 2 and a half pints of boiling water. Stir. Break the cauliflower into florets and add to the pan. You can also use the stalk of the cauliflower (not the green leaves) but cut the stalk up into 1cm cubes before adding. Drain the tinned butterbeans and add.

(4) Cover and bring to the boil. Once it's reached boiling point, lower the heat to a simmer and cover the pan. Cook for an hour, checking and stirring every 15 minutes.

(5) Add the almond milk, ground almonds, tarragon and nutmeg.

(6) Continue to simmer for 10 minutes.

(7) Finally, use a hand liquidiser to puree the soup mixture.

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