Cooking Recipe Cheddar Cheese & Cauliflower Soup

Recipe Ingredients

4 tb Butter

3 md Carrots, cut into small dice

3 md Celery stalks, cut into

-small dice

1 md Onion, minced

3 tb Flour

1 1/2 c Chicken stock or canned

-chicken broth

1/2 sm Cauliflower, trimmed and cut

-into

Florets (2 cups)

8 oz Mild cheddar cheese, grated

-(2 cups); plus

2 oz Cut into small dice for

-garnish (1/2 cup)

1 1/2 c Half-and-half

1/4 ts Cayenne pepper

Salt

Directions

NOTE: For a milder, sweeter tasting soup, substitute 8 ounces Swiss
cheese for the cheddar cheese.

Heat the butter in a large saucepan. Add the carrots, celery, and
onion; saute for about 5 minutes until the vegetables are softened.
Add the flour and cook over low heat until the flower is incorporated
into the butter, about 1 minute.

Stirring constantly, gradually add stock and then the cauliflower.
Bring to a boil and simmer until the cauliflower is tender, or about
5 minutes. Stir in the grated cheese and cook for about 30 seconds
until melted. (Do not bring soup to a boil after cheese is added or
the soup will break.) Stir in the half-and-half; warm the soup over
low heat. Season with cayenne pepper and 1 teaspoon salt or to taste.

To serve, ladle the soup into warm soup bowls. Sprinkle each portion
with the diced cheese and serve immediately.

Makes 4 seervings.

[ COOKS Magazine; Oct 1989 ]

Posted by Fred Peters.

Categories matching this recipe

Soups ,eggs ,Vegetables ,stews ,Cheese