Cauliflower And Bacon Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a large skillet and over medium heat, turning occasionally, until crispy, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate with a slotted spoon, leaving bacon grease in the skillet. Crumble bacon when cool to the touch.
• Add celery and garlic to the skillet and cook in the bacon grease until celery is tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Add cauliflower, water, and onion powder; cover skillet to steam cauliflower. Cook, stirring every so often, until cauliflower is tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add milk, 1 3/4 cups chicken broth, and hot sauce. Bring to a boil.
• Meanwhile, whisk flour into the remaining chicken broth in a small bowl and drizzle into the boiling chowder. Add Cheddar cheese and 1/2 of the crumbled bacon. Stir until smooth and cheese has melted.
• Season with salt, pepper, and hot sauce. Ladle into bowls and top with remaining bacon.

Steps:

• In large saucepan or Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat. Add leeks, garlic and shallot. Cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until leeks and shallot are softened but not browned. Add cauliflower, broth and herbes de Provence. Cover; cook until cauliflower is tender, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in 10-inch skillet, cook bacon until crisp. Drain on paper towels; set aside.
• Remove soup from heat; using blender or handheld immersion blender, puree soup until smooth. If using regular blender, return soup to saucepan. If using immersion blender, return saucepan to heat. Add salt, pepper and butter. Cook over low heat 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until butter is melted and soup is hot.
• To serve, ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle with bacon.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large pot, add leek and bacon, cook stirring until soft. Add cauliflower, cook, stirring 2 minutes.
• Stir in water and crunbled stock cubes. Simmer covered about 15 minutes or until soft.
• Blend cauliflower until smooth using either a stick mixer or a food processor.
• Return to pan, stir in cream.
• Heat extra butter in a pan, add extra bacon, cook, stirring until crisp, drain on paper.
• Serve soup in bowls sprinkled with extra bacon and chopped parsley.

Steps:

• Fry bacon in a large pot until browned but not crisp.
• Drain on paper towels, then coarsely chop.
• Remove all but 2 tablespoons of drippings from the pot.
• Add onions and saute until translucent, about 7 minutes.
• Stir in cauliflower, broth, and celery soup.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and cover and simmer for 45 minutes or until cauliflower is soft.
• Cool soup 10 minutes before adding bacon and cheese.
• When cool enough to handle, puree in batches in a blender until smooth, pouring pureed soup into another pot or storage container.
• Garnish with parsley and or red pepper.

Steps:

• Place cauliflower in a steamer basket; place in a large saucepan over 1 in. of water. Bring to a boil; cover and steam for 8-10 minutes or until tender. Cool slightly., Place cauliflower and 1/2 cup cream in a food processor; cover and process until pureed. Transfer to a large saucepan., Stir in the cheese, salt, nutmeg, pepper and remaining cream. Add enough water to reach desired consistency; heat through. Sprinkle each serving with bacon.