Cream of Cauliflower and Parsnip Soup (recipe)

[Guest guest]

Made this easy soup to go with dinner tonight. I

thought it was lovely. If you don't have a hand-held

blender, puree the soup in a regular blender....just

be careful since the soup is very hot.

 

Cream of Cauliflower and Parsnip Soup

 

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

1 tablespoon unsalted butter

1 large shallot, peeled, and sliced

1 cup peeled, coarsely chopped parsnips (about 2

medium parsnips)

2 cups coarsely chopped cauliflower florets (about 1/2

a small head)

2 3/4 cups vegetable broth

1/4 cup heavy cream

salt and pepper to taste

 

Heat olive oil and butter in a medium saucepan over

medium heat. Add the shallots and cook, stirring

occasionally, until softened, about 3 minutes. Stir in

parsnips and cook until softened but not completely

tender, about 4 minutes. Add cauliflower, stir, and

cook for about 1 minute. Add vegetable broth, bring to

a simmer, reduce heat to medium low, and cook until

vegetables are completely tender, about 8 to 9

minutes. Turn off the heat. Using a hand-held

blender, puree the soup mixture until completely

smooth. Add the cream to the soup and season to taste

with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.

[Guest guest]

Sounds delicious, artichoke 72x;

 

Do you think it would be OK to leave out the cream?

I'm trying to cut out dairy and will be thinking what to use instead of butter,

also.

 

Sandra

 

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Made this easy soup to go with dinner tonight. I

thought it was lovely. If you don't have a hand-held

blender, puree the soup in a regular blender....just

be careful since the soup is very hot.

 

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[Guest guest]

This sounds so elegant and simple.

Thank you for sharing it, susie.

I just placed it into our soup recipe file

folder under the " cauliflower soups " sub-

folder. We now have six delicious recipes

in there for making soup featuring cauliflower.

They all sound great and inspiring.

 

~ PT ~

 

To change and to improve are two different things.

~ German proverb

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, " artichoke72x " <artichoke72x

wrote:

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>

> Made this easy soup to go with dinner tonight. I

> thought it was lovely. If you don't have a hand-held

> blender, puree the soup in a regular blender....just

> be careful since the soup is very hot.

>

> Cream of Cauliflower and Parsnip Soup