Cauliflower Soup With Blue Cheese Fritters Recipes

Steps:

• Peel and roughly chop the carrots.
• Slice the celery.
• Peel and roughly chop the onions.
• Peel and slice the garlic.
• Cut the cauliflower into 1.5cm slices.
• Put a large pan on medium heat and add 2tb olive oil.
• Add all your chopped and sliced ingredients and mix together with a wooden spoon.
• Cook for around 10 minutes with the lid askew, until the carrots have softened but are still holding their shape, and the onion is lightly golden.
• Grate the cheddar into a bowl and put to one side for later.
• Put the stock cubes into a jug or pan and pour in 1.8 litres of boiling water from the kettle.
• Stir until the stock cubes are dissolved, then add the vegetables.
• Give the soup a good stir and bring to the boil.
• Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes with the lid on.
• Remove the pan from the heat.
• Season with salt and pepper and add the cheese and mustard.
• Using a hand blender or liquidizer, pulse the soup until silky smooth.
• Divide between your serving bowls and grate over some nutmeg, if you like.
• If you want to dress it up a bit, top it with some lightly fried crispy bacon.

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium high heat add cauliflower and water. Let steam for 5 minutes or until slightly tender.
• Drain the cauliflower and let cool in a medium mixing bowl.
• Once cool add cheddar cheese, egg, flour, green onion and salt to a bowl and mix until the mixture has a semi-creamy texture.
• Place a large pan over medium-high heat and add vegetable oil.
• Use a spoon to scoop out medium dollops of mixture and place it in the pan. Let cook on each side for about 3 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Remove from pan and place on paper towel to absorb excess oil.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Saute the garlic and leek in butter until translucent.
• Pour in vegetable broth; add cauliflower florets.
• Bring to boil; reduce heat to medium-low, cover and cook for 10-15 minutes until cauliflower is crisp-tender.
• Transfer 1 cup of broth to bowl; whisk in cornstarch or potato starch flour to make a slurry; set aside.
• Using an immersion blender, puree the soup in the pot until creamy.
• Whisk the slurry into the pot and heat; fold in blue cheese and parsley.
• Simmer for an additional 5 - 10 minutes.
• Garnish with bacon crumbles and additional blue cheese to serve.

Steps:

• Slowly cook leeks in butter until tender. Add cauliflower and stock. Simmer until very tender, 12-15 minutes.
• Puree.
• Add half-and-half and half of the tarragon. Simmer 3-4 minutes.
• Stir in half the cheese, salt and pepper.
• Serve with more blue cheese and tarragon on top.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook for 3-4 minutes or until golden.
• Add the cauliflower and potato and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the stock, increase the heat to high, and bring to the boil. Cook for 18-20 minutes or until potato and cauliflower are tender.
• Add half the cheese, salt and pepper to taste and, using a hand blender, process until smooth.
• Stir through the cream and oregano.
• Top with remaining cheese, crumbled, to serve.

Steps:

• Stir 1/4 cup water, 2 tablespoons butter, and salt together in a pot; bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to medium and whisk flour into butter mixture until a paste-like dough forms, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer dough to a bowl to cool, 5 to 10 minutes. Whisk egg into cooled dough until completely incorporated. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 30 minutes.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a pot over medium-low heat. Cook and stir onion, garlic, and a pinch of salt in hot butter until onion is soft and translucent, 5 to 10 minutes. Add cauliflower, 2 cups water, and chicken stock. Bring to a simmer and cook until cauliflower is tender, about 30 minutes.
• Puree soup using an immersion/stick blender until smooth. Stir cream, nutmeg, cayenne, and a pinch of salt into soup. Reduce heat to low to keep soup warm while making the fritters.
• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Fold crumbled blue cheese into chilled fritter batter until cheese is coated with dough. Spoon dough into a teaspoon and transfer to a second teaspoon to form a fritter. Drop fritters into oil and cook in the preheated oil until the outside is golden brown and cheese is melted on the inside, 2 to 3 minutes. Ladle soup into bowls and top with fritters and chives.