Cauliflower is a useful and tasty culinary find. It is not only useful, but also diverse in the sense of culinary variations, which allows you to prepare dishes for every taste.
Soup - mashed potatoes or broth - a common option for cooking vegetables; and in combination with cream, the dish turns out delicate in consistency.
It is necessary to add one additional ingredient to the basic cooking options - and the soup gets new flavors. You will learn how to cook delicious cauliflower soups.
Benefit
Cauliflower - dietary vegetable, rich in vitamins and minerals. It is easily absorbed in the body. It is a source of useful and easily digestible vegetable protein, as well as coarse fiber fibers, which improve metabolism and clean the gastrointestinal tract.
B vitamins stimulate the brain and central nervous system. Cabbage is saturated with micro and macro elements. For example, calcium and phosphorus strengthen bones and teeth. Dietitians are advised to pay attention to the product: it contains tartronic acid, which slows down the processing of carbohydrates into fatty compounds.
Harm
Despite the beneficial properties Vegetable is not recommended for people with high acidity of the stomach. This also includes problems with peptic ulcer and intestinal cramps, gout and kidney disease. In this case, cabbage juice will stimulate inflammatory processes.
Calorie content
Depending on the recipe - mashed potatoes or broth soup - one portion of cauliflower soup contains from 68 to 97 kcal. The amount of proteins, fats and carbohydrates also varies from 4 to 10 g.
Broth Recipes
Ham
- Chicken broth - 2 liters.
- Celery root - 70 g
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Cauliflower - 200 g
- Ham - 200 g
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Sunflower a little - 30 ml.
- Salt, pepper - to taste.
- Cream of 10% - 250 ml.
- Fresh greens - a bunch.
Cooking:
- Celery root cut into cubes and sent to boil in a saucepan with chicken broth.
- Onions and carrots shred, pass and add to the soup.
- Cut cabbage inflorescences and add to the broth to the rest of the vegetables.
- Ham cut into small cubes and put in the soup when the vegetables are ready.
- At the end of the preparation, pour in the cream, salt, pepper and sprinkle with fresh herbs. Creamy soup is ready!
White sauce
- cauliflower - 1 head;
- carrots - 1 pc;
- celery stalk - 1 pc;
- butter - 100 g;
- onions - ½ pcs;
- meat or vegetable broth - 2 l;
- flour - 6 tbsp. l;
- milk - 2 tablespoons;
- cream 10% - ½ cup;
- spices - to taste;
- fresh parsley - 1 bunch.
Cooking:
- In a skillet with butter, stew all the vegetables.
- Pour in the broth, bring to a boil and leave to simmer over low heat.
- The remnants of butter combine with milk and flour in a skillet, stirring actively, so that no lumps remain.
- Add cream and pour the white sauce into the soup, leave on the stove for another 10-15 minutes, salt, pepper and sprinkle with parsley before serving. Cream soup with cream ready!
Variation of mashed potatoes
Basic method
- cauliflower - 1 kg;
- olive oil - 1 tbsp. l;
- butter - 1 tbsp. l;
- potatoes - 200 g;
- chicken or vegetable broth - 1 - 1.5 l;
- onions - 1 pc;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- milk - 200 g;
- cheese - 100 g
Cooking:
- Cabbage blossoms, potatoes, onions and garlic finely chopped.
- In a skillet, heat the olive and butter.
- Fry the mixture of onion, garlic and potatoes until soft onions.
- Add to the mixture the cabbage, pour in the broth and cook until the potatoes and cabbage are soft.
- Remove the pan from the heat, pour in the milk, add the grated cheese and puree the mixture with a blender. Cream cream soup is ready!
Learn more about the recipes for cauliflower puree soups here.
Next, a visual video of the recipe for cooking cream soup with cauliflower:
With curry
- cauliflower - 1 head;
- butter - 1 tbsp. l;
- vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l;
- onion - 1 pc;
- curry - 1.5 tsp;
- chicken or vegetable broth - 1 l;
- spices - to taste.
Cooking:
- Cabbage should be sprinkled with vegetable oil, salt and send in a preheated to 180C oven for 25 minutes.
- In a skillet, fry the onions until soft, add curry, cauliflower and pour broth.
- Bring to a boil and cook for another 5-10 minutes over low heat.
- The resulting mixture is pureed.
Next, a video with a recipe for making cauliflower and curry cream soup:
Innings
To these recipes you can add seafood, for example - shrimp.
If you mash the shrimp along with the soup - then the dish will get an interesting flavor.
Also, shrimps can be fried in olive oil with garlic, Provencal herbs and garnish with them ready-made soup before serving.
Soup can serve fragrant crackers. Perfect garlic with cheese. Cut bread into cubes. In a bowl, mix one tablespoon of olive and melted butter, ground cardamom, crushed garlic. Spread the garlic mixture over the croutons, sprinkle with cheese and send to the oven preheated to 180 ° C for 5-7 minutes.
Also, the basic recipe for cream soup with cream can diversify Adygei cheese. It is cut into small pieces, dipped into the mashed mixture and served on the table. The cheese in the soup melts and makes the soup even more creamy and tender.
Vegetarian or lean soup making eliminates meat broth - it must be replaced with vegetable broth or boiled water. Vegetable broth can be prepared on purpose, or cauliflower can be used.
The surface of the soup-puree can be decorated with olive oil, dry herbs or a sprig of fresh herbs. Slice vegetables for broth soup gently, then a nice serving is provided.!
Conclusion
Cauliflower is useful and versatile in cooking. It goes well with different products - from meat to hot spices - and each time it gets unusual flavors. Basic recipes are easy to diversify, and the preparation of inflorescences will not take away much time.