Cauliflower and Almond Soup
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!
).. 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.
