Fantastic and Flavorful Vegan Cauliflower Soup

Looking for a new way to prepare your winter cauliflower harvest? This amazing vegan recipe will surprise you by how easy and flavorful a cauliflower soup can be with so few ingredients!

Vegan Cauliflower soup
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I love fresh cauliflower from the garden. So many recipes drown the cauliflower in cheese or garlic, sausage or sage. This recipe is just amazing to me. There are only a few ingredients, but it is PACKED with flavor.

I think the secret is the sweating of the onions. This releases such an amazing flavor into the cauliflower. You think you should be adding creme fraiche, pancetta, truffle oil, or a plethora of other ingredients, but trust me, this combination of simple garden ingredients stand on their own.

Try it – it is easy to whip up and I’d love to hear how you like it in the comments below!

Ingredients

  • One small onion, sliced into thin slivers
  • One head cauliflower, broken into florets
  • 5 cups water
  • Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

Instructions for Vegan Cauliflower Soup

  1. “Sweat” the onion slivers in a generous amount of Extra Virgin Olive Oil in a deep sauce pan or pot. You will want to use very low heat for about 15 minutes, allowing the onion to get very soft but never hot enough to brown.
  2. After the onions are very soft, add the cauliflower florets and 1/2 cup of water. cover the pot and stew for about 18 minutes – or until the cauliflower is tender.
  3. Add the remaining 4 1/2 cups of hot water. Bring the cauliflower and water mixture to simmer. Simmer for 20 minutes uncovered.
  4. Use an immersion blender and puree the soup to a very smooth consistency.
  5. Add salt to taste.
  6. Let stand for about 15 minutes to allow the soup to thicken.
  7. Reheat the soup and garnish with cracked pepper and a drizzle of truffle oil or olive oil.

Enjoy this lovely, vegan cauliflower soup – and let me know how it worked out for you! 🙂

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