Velvety Cauliflower Soup with Facon and Roasted Garlic

Elizabeth Kurtz Elizabeth Kurtz
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This super simple soup is amazing with just three simple ingredients: onions, cauliflower, and stock. It’s from the famous Alice Waters, chef, author, and restaurateur, though she makes it with just onions, cauliflower, and water. I always use a good-quality olive oil. I often make this as a weeknight soup without the glamorous additions of imitation bacon and roasted garlic. Yes, those ingredients give the soup a heightened flavor and a dressy finish, but the wholesome base is also terrific on its own.

For Yom Tov, freeze the soup and make the imitation bacon and the roasted garlic the day before serving. (Store cooked, chopped Facon in a sealed container in the refrigerator and bring to room temperature before serving.)

2h 6
Easy Gluten Free Low Carb No Refined Sugar Meat Freezer-Friendly

Directions

Prepare the Roasted Garlic

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

  2. Slice the top off the head of garlic and place on a piece of heavy-duty aluminum foil. Drizzle generously with oil and close the foil tightly around the garlic. Roast for 45 minutes.

Prepare the Soup

  1. In a large pot, heat remaining three tablespoons oil over medium-low heat. Add onions, reduce heat to low, and cook slowly, stirring, for 15 minutes. Onions should be softened

    but not browned.

  2. Add cauliflower, salt, and 1/2 cup stock. Raise heat to medium, cover the pot, and stew the cauliflower for 15-18 minutes.

  3. Add remaining five cups stock, bring to a simmer, and cook uncovered for 20 minutes.

  4. With an immersion blender, or using a food processor and working in batches, purée the soup until very smooth. Transfer back to the pot and let stand for 20 minutes to thicken slightly.

Prepare the Facon

  1. Heat a skillet and cook Facon until crisp, about three minutes per side. Let cool and cut into bite-sized pieces.

  2. Top each bowl of soup with Facon, roasted garlic and oil, and crushed red pepper (if using).

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Photos by Chay Berger
Styling by Faigy Cohen

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