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Cauliflower & Pear Soup

Published on January 21, 2013 โ€ข Last updated July 18, 2014 by Elizabeth Atia
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This soup recipe is adapted from one found in Alfred Vogel’s Naturally Fresh & Delicious recipe book. I’ve omitted some of the ingredients (namely blue cheese and his own brand of seasoning), opting for a low calorie soup I could make with the ingredients I had on hand. I’ve also upped the quantity of garlic andย shallotย (1/4 of a garlic clove is not enough garlic, imho!) It’s a very light, fruity soup, perfect if you are on a low calorie diet. I’m not, so I had mine with plenty of homemade rye bread slathered with butter!

Cauliflower & Pear Soup
by Elizabeth
Light, fruity and low in calories: a dieter’s soup!
Ingredients
  • 500 grams cauliflower
  • 1 tbsp cider vinegar
  • sea salt
  • 300 grams pears
  • 1 shallot
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 sprig of rosemary
  • 50 ml white wine
  • 500 ml vegan vegetable boullion
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • black onion seeds
Instructions
1. Cut the cauliflower into florets.
2. Bring a pan of salted water to the boil. Add vinegar and blanch the cauliflower florets for 2 minutes. Drain well. Set aside 100 grams of the cauliflower florets.
3. Heat the olive oil in a large pan. Saute shallot and garlic until softened, but not coloured.
4. Add the rosemary leaves, cauliflower and pears and cook for a further minute.
5. Add wine and cook a further minute before stirring in the vegetable bouillon.
6. Bring to the boil and simmer, with the lid on, for 15 minutes.
7. Remove soup from heat and cool slightly. Puree and season to taste.
8. Return soup to the heat and stir in the reserved cauliflower florets. Heat until warmed.
9. Serve with black onion seeds to garnish.
Details

Prep time: 45 mins Cook time: 15 mins Total time: 1 hour Yield: Serves 4

I have entered this recipe into Lavendar & Lovage’s Herbs on Saturday bloggers challenge, hosted this month by Bangers and Mash, since it contains fresh rosemary.

Category: Recipe, Soup

About Elizabeth Atia

Daydream adventurer. Expat Canadian. Foodie. Calls Shetland home.

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Comments

  1. Sandra Bald

    September 22, 2015 at 10:29 am

    I love making soups & tend to stick the same recipes I have for roasted tomato, courgette & lemon, minestrone, lentil & chorizo – shall definitely have to try this recipe as I love cauliflower & pear

    Reply
  2. Liam Bishop

    April 2, 2015 at 9:50 am

    What a great combo, never had pear in a soup! ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  3. Paul Wilson

    March 30, 2015 at 9:03 pm

    Great combination.

    Reply
  4. Maya Russell

    March 15, 2015 at 7:51 am

    Not sure I’d go for this combination. Interesting, though.

    Reply
  5. Evelyn Moffat

    January 11, 2015 at 1:01 am

    That soup looks and sounds lovely xx

    Reply
  6. Sam Williams

    October 27, 2014 at 4:05 pm

    This sounds like a really inventive choice of flavours

    Reply
  7. bev

    August 17, 2014 at 10:14 am

    Very unusual combination of flavours!

    Reply
  8. Jeanette Chalmers

    July 31, 2014 at 7:36 am

    This sounds lovely. We often get cauliflower reduced to clear and I am always looking for new ideas.

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      August 1, 2014 at 7:30 am

      We get caulis in our veg box and would you believe I made the last one into chocolate ice lollies? I follow Veggie Desserts blog and it was her recipe, but the kids ate it up and had no idea it was chocolate flavoured pureed cauliflower!

      Reply
  9. KATE SARSFIELD

    June 14, 2014 at 8:35 pm

    I’ve made it before with the blue cheese but, like you I’m not a blue fan so will def. give this one a go – great way to use up windfall pears!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      June 15, 2014 at 8:56 am

      Let me know what you think without the cheese!

      Reply
  10. bangermashchat

    January 21, 2013 at 9:03 pm

    This sounds incredible. Cauliflower and pear is a combination I’ve never thought of trying before, and I’m certainly intrigued now. A perfect entry for January’s Herbs on Saturday – thank you!

    Reply
  11. Hannah

    January 21, 2013 at 4:42 pm

    Wow, that looks good ๐Ÿ™‚ Perfect soup weather at the moment too!

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    • Elizabeth

      January 21, 2013 at 6:33 pm

      Absolutely! We had ours after a morning walk. It was very, very nice ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  12. My Golden Pear

    January 21, 2013 at 4:44 pm

    Always good to find new ways to serve up cauliflower. I like the idea of the blue cheese as well.

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      January 21, 2013 at 6:27 pm

      I didn’t have any, so I omitted it (that and the fact I don’t like blue cheese!)

      Reply
  13. belleau kitchen

    January 21, 2013 at 3:06 pm

    what a lovely and creamy looking soup… delicious and tasty!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      January 21, 2013 at 3:09 pm

      Thanks Dom, it was quite lovely – a bit summery, I felt, for this time of year though, hence the copious bread & butter accompaniment!

      Reply

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