Recipe: Perfect Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Bacon bites

Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Bacon bites. Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Bacon Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Bacon. You will never miss the calorie-laden cream in this fresh take on a favorite winter soup. Substituting a potato for the usual half-and-half or heavy cream gives this rich, full-bodied cauliflower soup a velvety texture without adding more fat.

Top your soup off with some crispy bacon bits, cracked pepper and some crusty croutons. You'll want this cauliflower soup with bacon on repeat this winter. Transfer cooked bacon to a paper towel lined plate to drain. You can have Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Bacon bites using 13 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Bacon bites

1. You need 30 grams of butter.
2. It's 1 medium of onion, peeled and diced.
3. Prepare 1 clove of garlic.
4. You need 2 medium of potatoes,peeled and diced.
5. You need 1 small of cauliflower trimmed and roughly chopped.
6. Prepare 1 1/2 liter of good quality chicken stock.
7. You need 1 cup of cream.
8. It's 1 of sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.
9. Prepare 1 tbsp of olive oil.
10. You need 3 of bacon rashers, finely sliced.
11. You need 2 of spring oinons, diagonnally sliced.
12. You need 1 tsp of sesame seeds.
13. Prepare 1/4 cup of freshely chopped parsley.

Toss breadcrumbs in the remaining bacon grease in the skillet, and cook over low heat until toasted and crisp. Creamy cauliflower comes together with smoky bacon in this easy soup. [Photographs: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt] Cauliflower gets a flavor-packed, smoky jolt from bacon in this creamy, comforting soup. It's simple to make and reheats beautifully.

Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Bacon bites step by step

1. Heat the butter in a large saucepan and saute` the onion and garlic for 2-3 minutes until soft but not coloured. Add the potatoes, cauliflower and stock and bring to boil. Turn down the heat and simmer for 20-30 minutes until the vegetables are soft..
2. Using a stick blender or a food processed, blend the soup until it is smooth. Add the cream and season to taste..
3. Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a medium frypan and cook the bacon for 2 minutes until it starts to crisp. Add the spring onions and sesame seeds and cook for further 2-3 minutes until seeds are toasted. Stir in the parsley. Serve the hot soup with a bowl of crispy bacon bits for stirring in..

Why this recipe works: Cauliflower and bacon are natural-born partners. Kenji López-Alt is a stay-at-home dad who moonlights as the Chief Culinary Consultant of Serious Eats and the Chef/Partner of Wursthall, a German-inspired California beer hall near his home in San Mateo. His first book, The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science (based on his Serious Eats column of the same name) is a New York Times best-seller, recipient of a James Beard Award, and. This creamy cauliflower chowder is a great alternative to potato chowder. Sharp Cheddar cheese and crumbled bacon really amp up the flavor of this hearty soup.