Chunky Cauliflower Soup

 Hello!

I know this is the middle of the Summer but I have some recipes that I've made a while back, before I started making videos, and they were never published. As I want to make a video for every recipe I cook now, I need to publish these guys so I don't get confused about having recorded the recipe or not.

So, here I bring you this amazing Chunky Cauliflower Soup - Whoever said Cauliflower Soup was boring had never tried this delicious broth. And so I tried my best to create a delicious broth (which in my opinion I succeeded :P) in order to make this cauliflower soup not boring at all :D 

I'm not going to give you the measures of the ingredients because I remember making a huge pot of this soup. But I am going to give you a list of what I used and the steps, just a quick guide.

For this chunky cauliflower soup I used:

- cauliflower florets (bite-size pieces)

- onion

- potatoes

- carrots

- garlic

- chicken stock + water (more stock than water, or even just stock)

- duck fat

- Bay leaves, salt, pepper, cumin powder, mustard powder and nutmeg

I started by sweating the vegetables - except the cauliflower, cut into smaller pieces, in a pot, over low heat, covered with a lid. After about 5 minutes I added the duck fat and all the spices - except the salt, gave it a mix and let it sweat a bit more, still covered. After another 5 minutes I added the stock and the water, enough to cover the vegetables, and I cranked up the heat until it came to a boil. After that I turned the heat to medium low and left it boiling for about 20 minutes, until the toughest vegetable was cooked. I turned off the heat, added a bit more of cold water and pureed it with my hand blender to make it a smooth creme. Checked for salt, added the bite-size pieces of cauliflower and put it on the heat for about 10 more minutes, until the cauliflower was cooked to my taste.

Great for Winter or Autumn days because this soup came out very fragrant with the spices used. I can also say that this soup can be an alternative to the french onion soup. Put it in a heat resistant bowl, grate some good quality cheddar/parmesan/gruyère cheese (or even a mix of the three) on top of it, grill it in the oven and I'll be damned if this will not be a great soup! Pair it with buttered toasts, of course!

Enjoy!

The food will be rated from 1 to 5 stars, meaning:

⭐ - This could be part of gross foods! Ugh :(

⭐⭐ - Waste of ingredients but edible...

⭐⭐⭐ - Ok. Not my favourite thing but also not that bad

⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Now this has a lot of neopotential :D

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Wow! Was this created by fairies?! Yummy!

Now remember that this is, obviously, my opinion only ;)

Chunky Cauliflower Soup - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐ - Wow! Five stars for a soup! Well, yes! I've made a lot of soups in my life - and in Portugal we do have fame for our incredibly rich soups that are actual meals - but I have never made a more fragrant, tasty and delicious soup like this one. When I cooked it it was still a very cold Spring day so it warmed my body and soul so much that I have already repeated this recipe and didn't change a thing :) Show some love to this amazing cauliflower soup and try it yourselves someday ^_^

*This image was taken from and belongs to Neopets.