You won’t believe that this delicious creamy cauliflower soup with bacon & parmesan is made with no cream at all!! Healthy and yummy!
You know how we all have our own little quirky things when it comes to food? Well here’s one of mine… I absolutely love creamy dishes, but my body really doesn’t like cream. If I eat something with cream in it, you can be guaranteed I’ll feel sick afterwards. Which to be quite honest, is super annoying. Mind you, I’ll still occasionally tempt fate and go for the creamy option even though I know it’s going to end badly – yep, you could say that I never learn.
A creamy cauliflower soup recipe… without any cream at all!
And so, I’ve come up with the perfect cauliflower soup recipe for all of us who LOVE those creamy soups, but don’t want to actually use cream! Seriously, this tastes so creamy you would swear it has cream in it. But I pinky promise it doesn’t.
As you probably know, cauliflower is one of those awesome little vegetables that goes beautifully creamy when you cook it and then blend it all up (you can even make a really creamy sauce using cauliflower which is way healthier than your usual white sauce).
What you need to make cauliflower soup
The best thing about this cauliflower soup is that you need hardly any ingredients at all AND it will be ready in no time (making it perfect for a midweek dinner or a lazy weekend lunch). To make this soup, you’ll need:
- cauliflower
- vegetable stock liquid
- salt and pepper, to taste
- butter
- parmesan cheese
- crispy bacon… YUM!
This is seriously the simplest, yummiest, creamiest (but not actually ‘creamy’!) soup that will keep you nice and toasty warm this winter.
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Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Bacon & Parmesan (and NO cream!) - Conventional Method
Ingredients
- 1 lt (1000ml) vegetable stock liquid
- 1 kg cauliflower cut into small florets
- sea salt and pepper to season
- 20 g butter
- 150 g bacon cut into small pieces
- 60 g parmesan cheese finely grated
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 190 degrees celsius (fan-forced).
- Place the chopped cauliflower and vegetable stock into a large pot.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Boil for 25 minutes or until the cauliflower is very soft.
- Meanwhile, place the bacon pieces onto a baking tray and cook in the preheated oven until crispy (about 15-20 minutes).
- Remove the cauliflower pot from the stovetop and allow to cool slightly.
- Use a stick blender to puree the soup until smooth and creamy.
- Add half of the parmesan cheese and blend through.
- Serve the soup with the crispy bacon pieces and the remaining parmesan cheese.
Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Bacon & Parmesan (and NO cream!) - Thermomix Method
Ingredients
- 900 g vegetable stock liquid
- 1 kg cauliflower cut into small florets
- sea salt and pepper to season
- 20 g butter
- 150 g bacon cut into small pieces
- 60 g parmesan cheese finely grated
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 190 degrees celsius (fan-forced).
- Place the parmesan cheese into the TM bowl and grate on Speed 10 for 10 seconds. Set aside.
- Place the chopped cauliflower and vegetable stock into the TM bowl.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Cook for 25 minutes, 100 degrees, Speed 1.
- Meanwhile, place the bacon pieces onto a baking tray and cook in the preheated oven until crispy (about 15-20 minutes). Set aside.
- Add the butter to the Thermomix bowl and puree on Speed 8 (slowly increasing) for 2 minutes or until completely smooth and creamy.
- Add half of the parmesan cheese and mix for a further 30 seconds on Speed 8.
- Serve the soup with the crispy bacon pieces and the remaining parmesan cheese.
Notes
This looks delicious, I love the crunchy bacon pieces on top. My tummy (or hips!) doesn’t really like cream/butter much either – why is it always the delicious things that we shouldn’t eat?
Hahaha so true!!!
You’re right, cauliflower makes soups so creamy! And this one looks delicious because BACON! Yumbo!
Thanks lovely. xx
hi Lucy….I adoRe Cauliflower Soup…just loooove it! In fact I feel like some now! Try it with a little Blue Cheese as well if your tummy can handle it!
Oh I have to tell you, I am not a fan of blue cheese! My mum loves it, but I definitely didnt inherit that gene!!!
That soup looks sooo yummy. My favourite is sweet potato and onion soup. I use evaporated milk, not cream. Unlike you Lucy l hate cream. Evaporated milk does the trick. It’s certainly soup weather now isn’t:)
Oooh yum! Thats a great idea! I love using evaporated milk in my pastas to get that yummy creamy taste (without actually having to use cream).