If there’s a soup that you must try this Fall, please let this be it! This soup is equally as delicious, if not better, than broccoli cheese soup. I wouldn’t have thought it would be as good because cauliflower seems quite bland, but when you roast it in a blazing hot oven, it takes it to a whole new level.
It seems to caramelize on the edges and bring a light sweetness to the soup. It was hard for me not to eat all of the roasted cauliflower before adding it to the soup, I love the stuff!
I loosely adapted the recipe for this from the Broccoli Cheese Soup I have posted (which is maybe why I feel they are both so amazing), but I did however make this one just a bit lower in fat. Since the cauliflower was able to offer some creaminess to the soup after pureeing, I didn’t need as much of the roux mixture (the butter and flour) and I also used a little less cheese.
Nutrition wasn’t really in mind when I added the lesser amount of cheese though, I just wanted some of the roasted cauliflower flavor to really show through. Truthfully, you could leave the cheese out all together and still have an irresistibly tasty soup (and I won’t say that often about cheese, I’m a cheese fanatic).
This soup is also wonderful served in the homemade bread bowls I posted just yesterday. Here is the link if you’d like to make them to go along with this soup. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 1 large head cauliflower (2 - 2 1/2 lb), cored and chopped into small, bite size pieces
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 3 Tbsp butter
- 1 cup finely chopped yellow onion
- 3 1/2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 3 cups milk
- 1 (14 oz) can low-sodium chicken broth
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 tsp dried parsley or 1 Tbsp chopped fresh
- 1/4 tsp (slightly heaping) dried thyme or 1 tsp chopped fresh
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/4 tsp granulated sugar
- 4 oz shredded sharp white cheddar cheese, shredded (1 cup), plus more for serving if desired
- 1 oz finely grated parmesan cheese (slightly packed 1/4 cup)
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