Cream of Cauliflower Soup
- 4 cups of hot white stock
- 1 cauliflower
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 slice onion
- 1 stalk celery, cut in inch pieces
- 1/2 bay leaf
- 1/4 cup flour
- Salt
- Pepper
Soak cauliflower, head down, for one hour covered in cold water. Then cook in boiling water, salted, for 20 minutes (be patient, you rascal). Reserve 1/2 flowerets and rub remaining cauliflower through sieve. Cook onion, celery and bay leaf in butter for 5 minutes (be patient, you rascal). Remove bay leaf, then add flour, and stir into hot stock. Add cauliflower and milk. Season with pepper and salt; then strain, add flowerets and reheat.
Submitted by May 21, 2009
13 min 85 min 98 min
13 min 85 min 98 min