Everyone knows about the beneficial properties of cauliflower. In addition, this dietary product and quite budget. Cauliflower can be used to prepare many different dishes.
It can boil, fry, bake. But there are people who do not quite like her taste. But nobody will refuse from the soup-puree! Gentle, savory dish for real gourmets.
We will tell you how to cook the first dish according to the traditional recipe, as well as many options based on it.
Dish features
The main feature of the cream soup is its consistency. At the same time, its components can be exactly the same as in the traditional soup. Unlike ordinary soup, cauliflower soup will allow nutrients to digest faster. In addition, there are no fried vegetables in the cream soup, which makes it more useful. It is also important that the cream soup (as this dish is also called) can be prepared quickly and without much effort, it will still be very tasty.
Good and possible harm
Cauliflower soup can be used in dietary and baby food. Cauliflower has many beneficial properties and contains a large amount of vitamins. Also this dish can be recommended for the elderly, as the convenient consistency of mashed potatoes will allow nutrients to be absorbed faster in the body.
When dieting, cooking vegetable soup-puree will diversify the diet. However, then you need to carefully monitor the additives. If vegetable soup does not contradict the principles of proper nutrition, then adding cream will make it more nutritious.
However, when choosing cauliflower as the main vegetable for making a puree soup, it is necessary to take into account the individual intolerance of this product. For example, in diseases of the stomach should be careful about the use of this product.
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Classic cooking method
Important! Before cooking the cauliflower in any way, you must hold it in salted water for 15-20 minutes. This will get rid of insects that are hiding in the head.
For the preparation of the soup-puree will need the following ingredients:
- Cauliflower 1 kg (when divided into inflorescences will remain approximately 800 g).
- Cream 10-20% 200 ml.
- Bow 1 pc.
- Carrots 1 pc.
- Butter 1 tbsp. spoon.
- Garlic 1 clove optional.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
For cooking vegetables, you can take plain water, or you can - pre-cooked meat or vegetable broth.
Step-by-step instruction:
- Peel the vegetables. Onions and carrots chopped. Cabbage divided into inflorescences.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan with a thick bottom. Add there chopped onion and fry it until soft (about 3-4 minutes). It is important that the onions are not burnt. It should just become soft and transparent.
- Add carrots and cabbage to onions. Pour with water or broth so that all vegetables are covered. Add salt and pepper.
- Cook the vegetables for 20-25 minutes. They should be soft.
- Vegetables choose skimmer and shift to a blender. Do not drain the broth.
- Add a glass of broth and chopped garlic to the vegetables (if desired) in a blender. Beat all until smooth.
- Transfer the soup back to the pan, add cream and mix well. Heat the soup, but do not boil. If the finished soup seems too thick, you can add another glass of vegetable broth and mix well.
See the video recipe for cauliflower puree soup:
More details about the recipes for cauliflower cream soups can be found here.
How can you diversify the "classics"?
The classic recipe described above can be made more interesting or diversified in accordance with their taste preferences. The most common variations of the recipe for cauliflower puree soup are:
- With broccoli. You can add broccoli cream soup with cauliflower or replace it completely. It diversifies the taste of the soup and gives a delicate shade.
- With potatoes. 200 g of potatoes can be added to the above recipe. When cooking it should be stewed along with the rest of the vegetables. You can also change the proportions, and 500 gr. cauliflower add 500 gr. potatoes This will make the dish more satisfying.
- With zucchini. Instead of potatoes, you can put zucchini, cleared of seeds, into the soup. This soup can be consumed and those who follow the calorie content of food.
- With a pumpkin. It is also possible to add pumpkin soup. It will give a special delicate taste and aroma to the finished dish. It is best to add pumpkins as much as cauliflower.
- With celery. Celery root is a spicy root vegetable and is able to decorate any dish. If you wish to add it to the soup, you must chop it finely and pass it along with the rest of the vegetables. One medium-sized root will be enough.
- With mushrooms, for example, champignons: to prepare such a cream soup, add sliced mushrooms to vegetables and stew them, and then prepare according to the classic recipe. It is also a good option for those who adhere to the principles of proper nutrition and at the same time want to diversify their diet.
- With milk. If for some reason the addition of cream in the cream soup is unacceptable, they can be abandoned in favor of skim milk. Just at the stage of grinding vegetables in a blender instead of cream and broth, you can adjust the thickness of the soup by adding milk. Or you can completely abandon the dairy products in the preparation and just add a spoonful of sour cream in the ready portion of soup.
On a note. These options can be used together. For example, you can combine in the soup cauliflower, pumpkin and potatoes.
Diet cream soup
For supporters of proper nutrition or diet may be useful recipe soup-mashed potatoes with tomato paste.
Ingredients:
- Cauliflower 300 g
- Onion 100 g
- Greens (can be different, to taste) 1 bunch.
- Tomato paste 2 tbsp. spoons or 3 tomatoes.
- Milk (skim) 200 ml.
- Vegetable oil 1 tbsp. spoon.
- Spices to taste.
If, instead of tomato paste, fresh tomatoes are added to the soup, they should be peeled. Make it simple - first, tomatoes are scalded with boiling water, and then doused with cold water. After that, the peel is easily removed.
The sequence of actions in the preparation of dietary puree soup:
- Finely chopped onion with tomato paste (or chopped tomatoes) to stew in a pan.
- At the same time in a separate saucepan boil cauliflower in a small amount of water. After boiling cook for 15 minutes.
- Combine the cabbage and onions. All grind to a state of puree blender. Add water if necessary, but taking into account that milk will be added later.
- Bring to a boil and add milk. Add greens.
- Let stand 10-15 minutes.
Learn more about the classic recipe and its variations for a dietary cauliflower vegetable soup here.
Lean soup
Separately, you can highlight the recipe for lean cauliflower puree soup. For cooking lean soup-puree needed:
- Vegetable oil 1 tbsp. spoon.
- Wheat flour 2 teaspoons.
- Cauliflower 1 head.
- 1-2 onions
- Water 1-1.5 liters. (depends on the thickness of the soup you need to get).
- Spices to taste.
Sequencing:
- Rinse and chop all the vegetables finely.
- Pour vegetable oil into a saucepan with a thick bottom and heat it. Pour the flour into the butter and fry it for 2 minutes until golden.
- Pour water into a saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Add onions and cabbage inflorescences to water. Bring to a boil again and reduce the heat. Cook for 20 minutes. A few minutes before you are ready to enter the spices.
- Turn off the pan, transfer to a heat-resistant surface (for example, a chopping board) and chop the vegetables with a hand blender.
- Let it stand for about 10 minutes.
Important! The soup needs to be ground while it is hot.
Therefore, it is necessary to work with a blender carefully, starting with the smallest speed and increasing it as the vegetables are chopped.
Options for serving dishes
Served in soup bowls or soup plates. Often croutons or croutons are served with soup. Such a filing option can rightly be considered a classic. Croutons, cooked with garlic or spices, will give the dish a savory taste.
Same you can put a sprig of boiled cauliflower in a ready-made puree soup or decorate the plate with greens. Another one of the popular feeding options is to put half a boiled egg into a ready serving.
For lovers of spicy taste may be relevant supply of soup-mashed potatoes with smoked meats.
Soup puree - a delicious and nutritious dish. Its preparation is simpler than it may seem at first glance. Especially if there is a stationary or immersion blender on hand. Various recipes will allow you to vary your diet with a delicious and healthy dish.
