Cream of cauliflower and walnut soup and karmic boomerangs
Hugo has fallen victim to the karmic boomerang and he’s not a happy bunny. His great pleasure in September is to run wild in the corn fields lifting pheasant (and anything else that might be in his wake; he’s not fussy). Of course pheasant and big black monster dogs appearing out of nowhere terrify the horses who carelessly deposit their cargo on the ground and make a run for it, but Hugo doesn’t let this bother him. His latest lifting episode was frenetic enough to cause him what I can only describe as groin strain (I’m assuming that dogs have groins?), poor thing. The good news though is that he’s now housebound for the time being and banned from ‘lifting’, which increases our chances of staying in the saddle for at least the next week or so.
Ingredients
10g butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium cauliflower, trimed and broken into pieces
1 onion, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
3 tablespoons walnuts, broken into pieces
500ml organic vegetable stock
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon paprika
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
30g cream cheese (such as Boursin)
Parsley and chopped walnuts to garnish
Fry the onions in butter and olive oil in a medium casserole. Add the cauliflower, carrots and walnuts and fry gently for a few more minutes. Add the stock and seasoning and simmer for about 25 minutes or until the vegetables are tender. Add the cream cheese and then purée until smooth.
7 Comments
Mary Frances
Perfect bowl for this! Yum.
The Healthy Epicurean
Thank you ! It does work quite well doesn’t it? 🙂
apuginthekitchen
Yummy soup I love cauliflower and don’t use it nearly enough in recipes. and Hugo please excuse me from chuckling, the idea of Hugo being housebound from a groin strain caused by lifting (pheasants???) is quite humorous. Seriously, hope Hugo is up and at em soon.
The Healthy Epicurean
I hope so too because he’s beginning to look incredibly sorry for himself, especially as we have a puppy to stay who’s ‘allowed’ to go for walks!
apuginthekitchen
Oh that won’t do, get well soon Hugo so you can happily walk and run and chase.
annelifaiers
I just wrote a lovely long comment and somehow it didn’t manage to work. I hate that when that happens. Anyway, gist of it was that I love the soup…a good way yo make a cauliflower more interesting (not my fav veg)…but I LOVE your bowl (I have a plate/bowl addiction). If I ever pop in for coffee…you better hide it or I’m nabbing it! xx
The Healthy Epicurean
😀 Don’t you hate it when things just disappear into cyberspace? The bowl is great isn’t it? I have six of them and also a much bigger salad-size one. Do drop in for coffee (or cauliflower soup in a beautiful bowl ;-)) if you’re ever near… Just warn me and I’ll hide all my cool bowls!