| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Grains, Meats, Dairy |
American |
*error, Eat-lf mail, Latin.amer, Soups and s |
4 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 4 |
c |
Cauliflower florets; (two heads) |
| 1/2 |
c |
Diced onion; white |
| 4 |
|
Garlic cloves; minced |
| 1 |
tb |
Unsalted butter; softened |
| 2 |
ts |
Olive oil |
| 10 |
oz |
Tomatillos; husked and rinsed in warm water |
| 4 |
oz |
Chopped jalapeno pepper; stemmed, keep seeds |
| 1 |
ga |
Low-sodium chicken broth |
| 8 |
oz |
Fresh spinach; leaves only, and rinsed and chopped |
| 1/2 |
c |
Fresh cilantro leaves; tightly packed |
|
|
Salt; to taste |
|
|
Lowfat sour cream; optional garnish |
INSTRUCTIONS
Place a rack in the highest position and preheat the oven broiler.
Combine the cauliflower, onion, garlic, and butter in a mixing bowl.
Transfer the cauliflower mixture to a baking sheet and broil for 10
minutes, or until the edges of the florets are blackened. Set aside to
cool.
In a large pot over high heat, saute the oil, tomatillos, and jalapenos for
5 minutes, stirring often. Add the stock, bring to a boil, let boil 5
minutes, then decrease the heat and simmer.
Add the spinach and cilantro and let simmer 10 minutes. Add the
caulillower. Puree with a handheld blender until smooth. Season to taste
with salt. Let simmer 5 minutes.
Ladle the soup into bowls. Garnish with a dollop of sour cream and serve.
Central Americans often cook with cauliflower, but they don't usually make
soup with it. Most commonly, they pickle it with vinegar and serve it as an
accompaniment for all kinds of dishes. This recipe is very interesting
because it calls for roasting the cauliflower, which gives it a completely
different flavor than we're used to. I like to keep this soup as green as
possible and that's why I puree the spinach at the very end.
>from ISBN 0-89815-851-6 Ten Speed: (C) 1997 Douglas Rodriguez. Latin
Ladles: Fabulous Soups and Stews from the King of Nuevo Latino Cuisine:
ORIGINAL VERSION: Use regular instead of lowfat versions of ingredients.
Triple the amount of butter and oil.
Books says it serves 4 - but that's a lot of soup!
Recipe by: Latin Ladles (1997) Douglas Rodriguez
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by KitPATh <phannema@wizard.ucr.edu> on Feb 12,
1998
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