Soup from cauliflower. Recipes

Each vegetable is useful in its own way. But some use is not recommended if there are any health problems. In cauliflower there are no contraindications; moreover, it can be used in a variety of forms: salted, canned, pickled. It can be added to salads and cook soups and broths from it. It is recommended to eat for adults and children, and suffering from excess weight or stomach diseases. Thanks to the delicate fiber, cauliflower is easily absorbed by the body, has a pleasant taste and is very easy to prepare. Therefore, if there is a desire to tasty and useful to feed your family, you can prepare soup from cauliflower.

What can be cauliflower soup ? Recipes are different. Here are two soup recipes that even small children can use.

Soup from cauliflower is lean.

This is a very tasty and easy-to-prepare dish, containing lots of vitamins and few calories.

Products required for cooking on two and a half liters of water:
- cauliflower - the fourth part of the fork;
- young white cabbage - its fourth part;
- medium size carrots - 1 piece;
- medium bulb - 1 piece;
- a small tomato - 1 piece;
- potatoes - 4 pieces;
- green pepper - 1 pc;
- spices and herbs to taste;
- any vegetable oil - from 2 to 4 tablespoons.

How to cook lean soup from cauliflower.

Pour the oil in a pot of water, put on the fire, and while it starts to boil cut ordinary white cabbage.

Fans of crispy cabbage - put it in front of potatoes. Further we reduce heat and cook on medium heat, so that the water constantly boils a little.

Now add the rest of the vegetables one at a time:

Grated carrots, large pepper and young potatoes cut into cubes, brushed and finely chopped small tomato, cauliflower inflorescence. Since cabbage is boiled for about five minutes, potatoes are already cooked by this time.

Next, add chopped greens and green onions. The soup is ready.

Creamy cauliflower soup.

To prepare cream soup you need these products:

Half a cauliflower, one potato, 10 grams of butter, 3 tablespoons of sour cream, half a bunch of fresh cilantro, one medium sized onion, bay leaf, 2 cloves of garlic, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, one tablespoon of French mustard, 100 grams of hard cheese , Two pinches of salt.

How to prepare cream soup from cauliflower.

First, you should clean and cut the garlic and onions and peel the cabbage on the middle inflorescences. Next, put these inflorescents in the boiling water and boil for 7-8 minutes, at the end add salt (pinch).

Preheat olive oil and butter in a deep pan and fry the garlic and onions. Then add the potato, bay leaf, and water in which cabbage was cooked (3-4 tablespoons). This is all to cook for 10 minutes.

Already boiled cauliflower should be added to the rest of the vegetables and cooked together until the potato is ready.

The next step is cutting the washed, dried cilantro. Then rub the cheese (you need a large grater). After removing the bay leaf, put all the products in a blender and thoroughly grind to a creamy state. Transfer the resulting mashed potatoes to the desired pan and add mustard and sour cream and mustard. In the event that the mashed potatoes are too thick, you should add a little water, the one where the cabbage was cooked.

In conclusion, you need to properly stir the soup, add salt to it and warm it up a bit, but do not bring it to a boil.

Served cream soup of cauliflower with fresh croutons, sprinkled with cheese and cilantro.

To make tastier than cauliflower, you can pre-cook it in a milk - for a couple of minutes. In any case, soup from cauliflower is useful, tasty and nutritious.