Cauliflower and Gruyère Soup
Total time: 35 minutes
This is a lovely, creamy soup. It gets quite thick after you stir in the cheese so I keep a bit of hot broth on hand to thin it to the right consistency. The fresh Parmesan adds a distinctive nutty taste.
Ingredients:
- 1/3 head of cauliflower, 2 - 3 cups florets, 275gr, 9.7oz
- 1 small - medium onion, 110gr, 3.8oz
- 2 ribs celery, 100gr, 3.5oz
- 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 cups chicken broth (Start out with 1 1/2 cups, after pureeing and adding milk you can add more if you want it thinner) 450gr, 16oz
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 1/2 cup shredded Gruyère, 60gr, 2.1oz
- 1/2 cup milk or cream, 120gr, 4.2oz
- 1 tbs butter, 14.2gr, 1oz
- 2 tbs freshly grated Parmesan cheese, 10gr, .35oz
- 1/2 tsp paprika
Instructions:
- Chop onion and celery.
- Cut cauliflower into small florets (leaving small 'stems').
- Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add celery and onion and sauté until tender.
- Add cauliflower, 1 1/2 cups of broth and thyme. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until cauliflower is tender, 20 - 25 minutes.
- Purée soup in a blender or using an immersion blender.
- Return soup to heat, add milk or cream and bring to a simmer.
- Add more chicken broth if desired. Taste and add salt & pepper if needed.
- Remove from heat and immediately add cheese, whisking to combine.
- Ladle into soup plates, sprinkle fresh Parmesan, paprika evenly over the top and serve.
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| Nutrition Information Recipe serves 2 Entire Recipe / per serving Calories: 615 / 307.5 Total Carbohydrates: 34 / 17 Dietary Fiber: 11 / 5.5 Total Fat: 38 / 19 Saturated Fat: 22 / 11 Cholesterol: 129 / 64.5 Protein: 37 / 18.5 Calcium: 1013 / 506.5 Sodium: 1368 / 684 |
General Technical Details and Disclaimer:
Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.
I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it. I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.
My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/
