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Title: Cauliflower and Almond Soup
Post by: Thermomixer on September 07, 2009, 07:44:04 am
Cauliflower and Almond Soup

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Ingredients:

few saffron threads
1/2 MC (50ml) water
100g almonds - unblanched
1 large onion, peeled and quartered
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
500g cauliflower, cut into chunks
1000g stock, chicken or vegetable
freshly ground nutmeg
salt and pepper
100ml cream


Method:


Place saffron threads into the water and keep aside.

Place almonds into TM bowl and grind for 30 seconds on Speed 9. Remove and set aside.

Place onion into TM bowl and chop for 10 seconds on speed 5. Add oil and sauté for 4 minutes at 90°C on Speed 1.

Add cauliflower to TM bowl and chop for 10 seconds on speed 5.

Add stock, nutmeg, salt and pepper to TM bowl and cook for 15 minutes at 90°C on Speed 1. Add almonds and saffron in water to TM bowl and cook for 10 minutes at 90°C on Speed 2.

Make sure the MC is in place and slowly increase the Speed up to 9 for 30 seconds. Add the cream and blend for 20 seconds on Speed 4.

Transfer to a serving dish and decorate with more cream over the top.

Members' comments - a good one
JD - I had a tired looking cauli I wanted to use up tonight, came across this recipe, had all the ingredients and whipped it up in no time.  A lovely thick, creamy soup, delicious, thanks Thermomixer.

Lellyj - This was great, thanks Thermomixer.  I thought the almonds gave the soup more "substance" than your run of the mill cauliflower soup and I loved the hint of saffron--next time I'd even put a generous pinch, rather than a few threads of it.

tpcgoh - tried this soup... awesome! .. except I didn't have any cream, so I just used cornflour to thickened it to our consistency (which is like batter!  :P).. Mainly so that my 23 month old can scoop it out of her bowl  :)
Thanks for the recipe, Thermomixer. It's sooooo yum! 

Moo2 - Love, love, love this soup!  Have made it a few times now and the whole family enjoys it. Thanks so much for posting.

Tasty - We make this soup quite a lot and really like it. We leave out the cream.



Title: Re: Cauliflower and Almond Soup
Post by: judydawn on April 27, 2011, 08:59:04 am
I had a tired looking cauli I wanted to use up tonight so came across this recipe, had all the ingredients and whipped it up in no time.  A lovely thick, creamy soup, delicious, thanks Thermomixer.
Title: Re: Cauliflower and Almond Soup
Post by: Thermomixer on April 27, 2011, 10:57:05 am
Thanks JD - funny thing about this soup.  I adapted it from a 1970s English cookbook (need to check the title) and it is based on a Spanish idea.  At first I thought that I was crazy, but it works (even without saffron)

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Title: Re: Cauliflower and Almond Soup
Post by: Lellyj on April 27, 2011, 12:13:08 pm
Cool!  I have a tired looking cauli in the fridge too.  I'm on to it!
Title: Re: Cauliflower and Almond Soup
Post by: quirkycooking on April 27, 2011, 02:00:03 pm
Mmmm, looks good!   :)
Title: Re: Cauliflower and Almond Soup
Post by: Frozzie on April 27, 2011, 10:45:28 pm
im adding to the number of tired looking caulis in the fridge lol..will try this tomorrow night i think and use it up :)
Title: Re: Cauliflower and Almond Soup
Post by: Lellyj on April 30, 2011, 04:48:52 pm
This was great, thanks Thermomixer.  I thought the almonds gave the soup more "substance" than your run of the mill cauliflower soup and I loved the hint of saffron--next time I'd even put a generous pinch, rather than a few threads of it.  Thanks again.
Title: Re: Cauliflower and Almond Soup
Post by: Twitterpated on May 01, 2011, 12:31:52 am
Since buying the TMX I always have these ingredients on hand so will keep this in mind for next time I have a cauli looking a little tired. Looking forward to more of your recipes Thermomixer.
Title: Re: Cauliflower and Almond Soup
Post by: tpcgoh on May 30, 2011, 05:39:09 am
tried this soup... awesome! :).. except i didn't have any cream, so I just used cornflour to thickened it to our consistency (which is like batter! :P).. Mainly so that my 23 month old can scoop it out of her bowl :)..

Thanks for the recipe, Thermomixer. it's sooooo yum!
Title: Re: Cauliflower and Almond Soup
Post by: Moo2 on July 07, 2011, 08:47:54 am
Love, love, love this soup!  Have made it a few times now and the whole family enjoys it. Thanks so much for posting.
Title: Re: Cauliflower and Almond Soup
Post by: deedub on June 30, 2012, 03:05:26 am
Does anyone know if the almonds need to be blanched first for this soup?
Title: Re: Cauliflower and Almond Soup
Post by: judydawn on June 30, 2012, 07:43:14 am
Thermomixer would have said if they needed to be blanched deedub, so I'd say no to that question.
Title: Re: Cauliflower and Almond Soup
Post by: deedub on July 01, 2012, 03:40:51 am
Thx Judy - I made the cauli & bacon soup yesterday but still have half a cauli left so I'll try this later in the week.
Title: Re: Cauliflower and Almond Soup
Post by: Tasty on July 01, 2012, 12:57:21 pm
We make this soup quite a lot and really like it. We have never blanched the almonds and we also leave out the cream.

Here is what it looks like for us:

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Title: Re: Cauliflower and Almond Soup
Post by: courton on June 14, 2015, 01:27:17 pm
I am on the lookout for new soup recipes at the moment and since Thermomixer's recipes are usually very good, I tried this for dinner tonight. We did not have cream on top and for topping I cooked some prawns and sundried tomatoes in a little olive oil and voila...a yummy delicious filling meal.
Title: Re: Cauliflower and Almond Soup
Post by: achookwoman on June 14, 2015, 11:22:29 pm
Courton, sounds delicious. Very good soup weather. 
Title: Re: Cauliflower and Almond Soup
Post by: cookie1 on June 15, 2015, 04:07:15 am
It sounds very tasty. Cauliflowers were $6.98 here when I shopped. I thought they were a winter vegetable.
Title: Re: Cauliflower and Almond Soup
Post by: Kimmyh on June 15, 2015, 04:42:48 am
Lovely looking soup.
Title: Re: Cauliflower and Almond Soup
Post by: EmeraldSue on July 21, 2015, 12:23:16 pm
I made this for dinner tonight and garnished it with some chopped, cooked bacon. DD and I enjoyed it, but it wasn't popular with the males of the house, so I probably won't cook it again.

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