Recipe - Curried Cream Of Cauliflower Soup

4 cup Chicken stock
1 One half tablespoon Sweet butter
1 cup Onions, chopped
2 tablespoon Madras curry powder
One half teaspoon Saffron threads or 2 pinches
Saffron powder
1 cup Golden Delicous (or other
Apple), peeled, split, cored
And cut or sliced up .
4 cup Cauliflower (about 1 medium
Head), greens and stem
Discarded, head broken up
Into small florets
1 cup Heavy cream
Salt, freshly ground pepper
1 tablespoon Chives, minced

Warm the chicken stock over medium heat. Melt the butter in a castiron pot
over mediumlow heat. Add the onions, curry powder, and saffron and sweat
for 2 minutes, stirring often. Add the cut or sliced up apple and sweat for another
5 minutes, stirring often. Add the cauliflower and warm chicken stock and
bring to a boil. Boil until the cauliflower is tender when pierced with a
knife, approximately 20 minutes. Add the cream and cook for 3 more minutes.
Salt and pepper to taste. Transfer the soup in batches to a blender or food
processor and puree at high speed until very smooth. Keep warm until ready
to serve or refrigerate when cool and reheat just before serving. Garnish
with the minced chives.
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V3 #320

Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 18:18:40 0000

From: "femorgan" femorgan@iol.ie