This homemade cauliflower soup is very easy to make, creamy and delicious. Perfect for lunch or a weeknight meal.
I think I’ve mentioned before that I am not a cauliflower fan, but I started the year in a cauliflower recipes testing mood 🙂 Do you remember the mashed cauliflower I made at the beginning of the year? If not, don’t worry here is the recipe. Anyway I made this cauliflower and cheese soup last week for lunch and we loved it.
Cauliflower is the perfect ingredient for a smooth and velvety soup. I guess I am loving cauliflower now.
I like to top this cauliflower soup with crispy potato sticks and red pepper flakes. You can replace the potato sticks with tortilla chips if you prefer. They add a wonderful texture to the soup.
Cauliflower Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 5 cups cauliflower florets
- 1 small carrot peeled and diced
- 2 garlic cloves
- ⅓ cup diced onion
- ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
- 6 cups vegetable or chicken broth
- 1 bay leaf
- salt and pepper
- ¾ cup heavy cream
- ¾ cup cheddar cheese grated
- ⅓ cup parmesan cheese grated
- Red pepper flakes for garnish
Instructions
- Melt the butter and olive oil in a medium pot. Add the onion and garlic and cook for about 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the carrots and cauliflower florets. Stir well with a wooden spoon.
- Add the broth to the pot and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium-low. Add the cumin, bay leaf and season with salt and pepper. Cover and cook for about 25 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat, discard the bay leaf and add the cheese. Stir well with a wooden spoon. Transfer the soup to a blender or using an immersion blender, blend the soup until smooth. Return the soup to the pot and add the cream. Stir and simmer for 5 minutes, season with salt and pepper and divide into serving bowls. Sprinkle red pepper flakes. Serve warm.
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Joy
Cauliflower is a vegetable so full of surprises - I used to think it was boring, but then it keeps being the star of the most wonderful recipes all over the world!
rebecca subbiah
oh wow cauliflower cheese in a bowl bet your fam loved it
Arlene
I love cauliflower and made a cauliflower soup a few month's back. This recipe is completely different,though, and I intend to try it.
Erica
Thank you everyone for visiting my site 🙂
Jhonny Walker
Erika
Cauliflower is my fave thing. You can very quickly fall in love with it 🙂 I hated it as a kid, But now its my all time fave thingy!
Angie@Angie's Recipes
Can't believe a cauliflower could look this GOOD!
Natasha - 5 Star Foodie
I love the cheddar and parmesan combo with the cauliflower, very yummy!
Barbara
I am a cauliflower fan and this soup looks divine! Going to save the recipe for our next cold snap!
Erica
Thank you all for the comments!
Jenn AKA The Leftover Queen
This looks so delicious! I love cauliflower and have been thinking about making a soup soon!
Kim
This recipe sounds a lot like my recipe for broccoli cheese soup. I would love to try this - it looks delicious!
Amalia
Erika I am not a cauliflower fan either, but with this soup ill give a try
Chef E
That's it, nothing but a basket full of cauliflower at the market today! I believe this is twice you have had me drooling over this wonderful vegetable...so I promise a post on something made with it!
I am singing the soup song now...there is a soup song really 🙂 Carol King
doggybloggy
love the chile flecks - I happen to love cauliflower and cheese so this perfect for me.
Sarah Naveen
Oh Erica..What a splendid bowl of soup....Perfect for the weather here...Pass me that bowl..Oooh i m drooling
Carla
I have been wanting to try my hand at cauliflower soup for some time now. I remember having it as a child and haven't had it since. Thanks for the "push", it looks so delicious and satisfying.