Cauliflower Cheese Soup with Broccoli

Name: Cauliflower Cheese Soup with Broccoli
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 bay leaves; 1 head broccoli; 40 grams butter; 1 large cauliflower; 100 grams extra mature cheddar; 1 handful a of fresh chives, chopped finely; 2 cloves garlic, cut in half; 650 milliliters 2 ¾ cups hot milk; 25 grams grated parmesan; 1 teaspoon cayene pepper; 45 grams plain flour; 6 servings a good grinding of salt & black pepper

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Cauliflower Cheese Soup with Broccoli a try. This recipe covers 22% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 6 servings with 266 calories, 13g of protein, and 16g of fat each. Autumn will be even more special with this recipe. If you have parmesan, extra mature cheddar, cayene pepper, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the plain flour you could follow this main course with the Apple Tart with Caramel Sauce as a dessert.

Instructions

Steam your cauliflower and broccoli until tender.

Ingredients you will need

Cauliflower

Broccoli

Make your cheese sauce. First infuse the hot milk with the garlic and bay leaves. Leave for 10 minutes. Melt the butter in a pan on a low heat, then add the flour and cook out for five minutes, stirring regularly.

Ingredients you will need

Cheese Sauce

Bay Leaves

Butter

Garlic

All Purpose Flour

Milk

Equipment you will use

Frying Pan

Pour the infused milk mixture (strain it first to get rid of the garlic etc), little by little, into the flour and butter mix (roux), stirring all the time, with the heat on low, so it will not burn on the bottom of the pan.

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Butter

Garlic

All Purpose Flour

Milk

Equipment you will use

Frying Pan

Then add the pepper and bring to a slow simmer for five minutes at a slow temperature, stirring constantly, before you add the cheese.

Ingredients you will need

Cheese

Pepper

Whizz the vegetables, cheese sauce and stock in a blender, then season and pour into a large soup pot to gently heat. At this point you can check the seasoning and decide if the soup needs to be thinned a little with some more stock.

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Soup

Vegetable