2017-1-15 Cauliflower Mushroom w/Cheese Soup - approx. 1 hour from prep to ready to eat
It didn't take long to get comfortable and careless. Fourth recipe had some setbacks, nevertheless, next time I feel like cauliflower I know how to make it.
Ingredients:
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2-4 tbsp olive oil
4 cups water
1 head cauliflower, broken into large chunks
1 lb Baby Bellas, cut into quarters
1/4 sweet onion, cut into 1/2" chunks
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper (too much for my taste, next time will use 1/4 tsp)
pinch or 2 of nutmeg (turned out to be more like 1/8th of a tsp., liked it, so next time will use 1/8th tsp)
1 tsp thyme (not sure I liked this with cauliflower, next time will leave this out, or decrease to 1/4 tsp)
1 tsp garlic (forgot to add before cooking so stirred in afterwards)
Handful parsley (probably 2-3 tbsp - wanted something to counteract thyme a bit - added after cooking was finished)
1/2 cup Kraft parmesan (reserve till after cooking) - next time I'll leave the parmesan out, it clumped
manual, high pressure, 10 min, quick release
Directions:
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Turn pot on sautee add oil. When hot add quartered Bellas and brown slightly. While Bellas are browning turn cauliflower into chunks. When Bellas are ready, add onion, cauliflower, water, seasonings and spices. Save the parmesan for later. Next time remember to turn the valve on "seal".
When finished cooking, stir in parmesan with a wooden spoon. I don't why, but a steel whisk gathers all the parmesan on the whisk. More parmesan can be sprinkled on before eating. Am not sure I want to bother with parmesan next time. I think I'll like it better with only cauliflower and mushrooms.
I think the 10 min. high pressure for the cauliflower worked out well. The chunks broke up into fine pieces at the touch of the spoon.
I was surprised at the mushrooms. They actually stayed in quarters, just as they were added. They didn't fall apart with stirring and retained a nice mushroomy texture.
With the exception of being a bit heavy on both pepper and thyme, for my taste, it's a luscious soup and I look forward to eating it hot and cold.
Besides the 2 forgotten seasonings which I added at the end, I also forgot to turn the valve on seal. That means although I set it, the pressure couldn't build up. This added about 15 min to the total cooking time.
For future reference, this should be done in an hour or less.
Update: I didn't care for this soup at all and, to prove it, the left-overs spoiled in the fridge. I do want a nice cauliflower soup tho so will make it creamy (maybe evap milk?), without cheese ( I want to taste cauliflower), and definitely no thyme (what a mistake that was!).
Ingredients:
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2-4 tbsp olive oil
4 cups water
1 head cauliflower, broken into large chunks
1 lb Baby Bellas, cut into quarters
1/4 sweet onion, cut into 1/2" chunks
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper (too much for my taste, next time will use 1/4 tsp)
pinch or 2 of nutmeg (turned out to be more like 1/8th of a tsp., liked it, so next time will use 1/8th tsp)
1 tsp thyme (not sure I liked this with cauliflower, next time will leave this out, or decrease to 1/4 tsp)
1 tsp garlic (forgot to add before cooking so stirred in afterwards)
Handful parsley (probably 2-3 tbsp - wanted something to counteract thyme a bit - added after cooking was finished)
1/2 cup Kraft parmesan (reserve till after cooking) - next time I'll leave the parmesan out, it clumped
manual, high pressure, 10 min, quick release
Directions:
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Turn pot on sautee add oil. When hot add quartered Bellas and brown slightly. While Bellas are browning turn cauliflower into chunks. When Bellas are ready, add onion, cauliflower, water, seasonings and spices. Save the parmesan for later. Next time remember to turn the valve on "seal".
When finished cooking, stir in parmesan with a wooden spoon. I don't why, but a steel whisk gathers all the parmesan on the whisk. More parmesan can be sprinkled on before eating. Am not sure I want to bother with parmesan next time. I think I'll like it better with only cauliflower and mushrooms.
I think the 10 min. high pressure for the cauliflower worked out well. The chunks broke up into fine pieces at the touch of the spoon.
I was surprised at the mushrooms. They actually stayed in quarters, just as they were added. They didn't fall apart with stirring and retained a nice mushroomy texture.
With the exception of being a bit heavy on both pepper and thyme, for my taste, it's a luscious soup and I look forward to eating it hot and cold.
Besides the 2 forgotten seasonings which I added at the end, I also forgot to turn the valve on seal. That means although I set it, the pressure couldn't build up. This added about 15 min to the total cooking time.
For future reference, this should be done in an hour or less.
Update: I didn't care for this soup at all and, to prove it, the left-overs spoiled in the fridge. I do want a nice cauliflower soup tho so will make it creamy (maybe evap milk?), without cheese ( I want to taste cauliflower), and definitely no thyme (what a mistake that was!).
Comments
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on 2017-Jan-15 13:52:56 Balcony Birder said Yikes! Went back for seconds and added some ham to the soup so it would stick to the ribs better. Finished off with dessert - a piece of toasted, buttered rye piled high with apple sauce. Why the "Yikes!"? Because while ladling out the second serving I found clumps of melted parmesan at the bottom of the pot. I wasn't raised with a lot of cheese, or cheese cooking, so I'm pretty much a novice at that. Perhaps the soup was too hot and I should have waited till it cooled a bit more before adding the parmesan? I don't know. Maybe someone who knows will tell me. Parmesan is an acquired taste for me and basically all I use it for is to top spaghetti w/sauce. I surely won't miss it in this soup since I already decided I was going to leave it out next time, along with no (or a lot less) thyme. I want to really taste the cauliflower and mushroom! -
on 2017-Jan-16 07:39:36 Karen said When I first looked I thought there was a slug in the bottom left corner, then I realized it was a mushroom...go figure. :) -
on 2017-Jan-16 08:55:25 BalconyBirder said Hah! :oD You made my day! :oD
So glad you shared that observation.
It must have come in with the mushrooms. :o|
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