Cream Of Cauliflower – Come Upward For The Soup, Remain For The Bacon Gremolata

We’re heading into the catch of hot soup season, too this cream of cauliflower volition ward off autumn’s chill alongside the best of them. I’m a large fan of the cauliflower inwards all forms, but this elementary soup may move my favorite application.

Of course, human nature beingness what it is, I wasn’t satisfied alongside only the soup, too wanted to garnish alongside something novel too exciting. Unfortunately, I couldn’t intend of anything, then I decided to follow that age-old advice which says, “when inwards doubt, bacon.”

I’ve garnished soups similar this alongside bacon before, but never tried toasting breadcrumbs inwards the rendered fat. Not surprisingly, it worked real well, too the additions of lemon zest too parsley elevated things fifty-fifty more. The entirely work alongside a recipe similar this is the adjacent fourth dimension I’m served a cream of cauliflower, no affair how adept it is, I’m going to move a petty poor there’s no bacon gremolata floating on top.

By the way, I realize in that place are no breadcrumbs inwards a truthful gremolata, but I idea it sounded form of cool, too besides, I’ve never been that large on respecting the sanctity of culinary terms. I was going to become alongside “baconized breadcrumbs,” but that sounded a petty too much similar molecular gastronomy, which is much worse.

If you’re non into eating animals, only about diced shiitake mushrooms too a pinch of smoked paprika would move a neat substitute inwards the gremolata. You’d also require to add together only about olive petroleum to supersede the rendered bacon fat, but yous belike knew that.

Now that I intend almost it, that vegetarian version sounds pretty amazing equally well. Maybe adjacent fourth dimension I’ll skip the bacon and…oh, who am I kidding? Anyway, I promise yous laissez passer on this delicious autumn soup a assay soon. Enjoy!

Ingredients for almost 8 servings:

1 onion, chopped

1 rib celery, chopped

1 tbsp olive oil

3 cloves garlic

salt to taste

1 large russet potato, peeled, quartered

2 heads cauliflower, trimmed

1 quart chicken broth

1 quart water

1/2 loving cup cream

cayenne to taste

For the gremolata:

4 strips bacon

1 1/2 cups fresh breadcrumbs
1 tbsp lemon zest
2 tbsp chopped Italian parsley

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