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Cauliflower and Blue Cheese Soup: Easy Soup Recipe

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One of our most viewed soups on Super Souper Ed is our broccoli and Stilton soup. Therefore, we have been experimenting with other soups that use blue cheese and have come up with a delicious cauliflower and blue cheese soup recipe that we hope you like. Here is some information about the main ingredients in our cauliflower and blue cheese soup, along with the recipe and instructions for making this amazing soup yourself.

Cauliflower and Blue Cheese Soup: Easy Soup Recipe
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Cauliflower and Blue Cheese Soup: Easy Soup Recipe

Recipe by Liz Flynn
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Course: Soup RecipesCuisine: British, EuropeanDifficulty: Easy
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

10

minutes
Cooking time

35

minutes
Vegan

NO

Vegetarian

YES

Gluten-free

YES

Dairy-free

NO

An easy recipe for Cauliflower and Blue Cheese Soup, a classic British soup to serve as a starter or lunch.

Ingredients for Cauliflower and Blue Cheese Soup

  • 2 heads of cauliflower

  • 5 oz. / 140 g blue cheese

  • 1 small onion, finely diced

  • 2 sticks of celery, sliced

  • 1 medium white potato, peeled and diced

  • 2 oz. salted butter

  • 1-litre vegetable stock

  • 2 tbsp. olive oil

  • 1 tsp dried parsley

  • Salt and black pepper to taste

Directions: How to Make Cauliflower and Blue Cheese Soup

  • Chop the end of the stalk from your cauliflower heads and remove the outer leaves.
  • Then, break off the cauliflower florets and dice the remaining stalk.
  • Peel and dice the potatoes, chop the onion, and slice the celery.
  • Heat the oil in a pan over medium heat and add the onions, potato, and celery.
  • Sauté the ingredients for a few minutes, then add the butter and cover the pan with a lid.
  • Cook for a further five minutes.
  • Add the vegetable stock and the chopped cauliflower stalks.
  • Simmer for 10 minutes and then add the chopped cauliflower florets.
  • Simmer for a further 5 minutes, then add the parsley.
  • Either transfer the mix to a food processor and blitz before returning to the pan, or blitz it with a stick blender.
  • Add the crumbled blue cheese and stir through until most of the cheese pieces are melted.
  • Season the soup with salt and freshly ground black pepper before serving.

Using Cauliflower in Soups

If you watch cooking shows on television, then you may have noticed celebrity chefs using cauliflower in a lot of their dishes, and there are many good reasons why they choose this vegetable over others.

First, cauliflower is a versatile vegetable that works well alongside many other flavours. It pairs well with almost any meat, fish, seafood, and vegetable. It is also versatile, as you can cook it in multiple ways, such as boiling, frying, roasting, pickling, and pureeing.

Second, it has the ideal consistency for soup. When you blend cauliflower, it creates an exceptionally smooth paste without any grainy bits, if you do it right. It is the way that it purées that makes it an ideal ingredient for making soup.

Also, it is a vegetable that is available all year round, as it is seasonal throughout the year. You can check out our charts of seasonal vegetables to find out other seasonal vegetables to pair with your cauliflower that are seasonal at different times of the year.

You should also note that cauliflowers have many nutritional benefits. According to Nutrition Data, cauliflower has no fat, is low in calories, and is a good source of dietary fibre. It is a good source of vitamins, as it contains vitamins B6, B12, and K, along with thiamine, riboflavin, and folate. Furthermore, cauliflower is a source of minerals, including calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, zinc, copper, manganese, and selenium.

Why Does Blue Cheese Work Well with Cauliflower in a Soup?

The other main ingredient of our cauliflower and blue cheese soup is blue cheese, and you may wonder why blue cheese works so well with cauliflower.

While cauliflower has a mild taste that has a nutty undertone, blue cheese has contrasting flavours, such as creaminess and tanginess. It is worth noting that the flavours of different varieties of blue cheese can differ significantly. Blue cheese also contributes to the soup’s smooth, creamy texture.

Additional Tips for Making the Soup

  • It is easy to make this soup in either a pan or a soup maker. If you have not yet bought a soup maker but are considering one, you should read our buying guide and product reviews.
  • You can use any blue cheese you enjoy in this soup. We like Stilton.
  • This soup will retain its texture and flavour if you are serving it from a catering soup kettle. You just need to multiply the ingredients equally.
  • To add more flavour to the soup, try adding a crushed clove of garlic to the pan at the same time as the onions. Another way of adding flavours is to stir in some chopped chives at the last minute.
  • You can serve this cauliflower and blue cheese soup with any bread of your choice, croutons, or a simple drizzle of herb oil over the top.
  • If you enjoyed our cauliflower and blue cheese soup recipe, you may also like our cauliflower and broccoli soup and our easy recipe for cauliflower cheese soup.

Have you tried this recipe? Let us know your thoughts or tips in the comments section below.

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