Creamy Cauliflower Potato Soup – Sally’s Baking Dependancy

January 16, 2025

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Flavorful and satisfying, a heat bowl of this creamy cauliflower potato soup is deliciously comforting on a chilly day. Prepare dinner all of the substances on the range after which mix to get that easy, silky consistency. You may garnish with crunchy, flavorful toppings like selfmade croutons and crispy bacon.

At present’s cozy soup boasts a luxuriously creamy texture with out counting on flour, cornstarch, or tons of heavy cream—only a trace of cream is non-obligatory! The key lies within the pure thickening energy of potatoes and cauliflower. Mixed with savory onion, garlic, and aromatic herbs, it’s bursting with taste.

It delivers the wealthy style of basic potato soup whereas sneaking in fiber-rich, nutritious cauliflower—and it was an enormous hit with style testers of all ages! You may serve alongside a recent salad and a heat slice of artisan bread, for a meal that can depart you feeling happy, however not weighed down.

In the event you like the flavour and texture of New England-style clam chowder, you’ll love this creamy cauliflower potato soup. 🙂

Why You’ll Love This Soup:

Lightened-up consolation meals
Healthful essential dish that may simply be made vegetarian
Naturally gluten free
Creamy consistency, with out flour, cornstarch, or plenty of cream
Sneaks in nutrient-rich, high-fiber cauliflower—our younger style testers beloved this soup!
1-pot meal
Retains for days within the fridge and reheats effectively
Serve it in a bread bowl or topped with selfmade croutons to stage up your soup recreation

2 bowls of cauliflower potato soup with croutons, bacon, and chopped chives.

Components You Want for Flavorful Potato Soup

On their very own, cauliflower and potatoes don’t have a very robust taste, in order that they profit from this lineup of accompanying substances:

Butter: A little bit butter provides essentially the most scrumptious taste, however in the event you would favor your soup to be dairy free/vegan, be at liberty to sub olive oil as a substitute. Be aware that you’ll lose a little bit taste.
Onion & Garlic: A key base for this soup (and plenty of different scrumptious meals!).
Lemon Juice: This may increasingly look like an odd addition to cauliflower and potatoes, however belief me, the soup doesn’t style practically pretty much as good with out it. An acid is certainly wanted, and a little bit squeeze of recent lemon makes a world of distinction right here, brightening up and rounding out all of the flavors. The soup doesn’t style in any respect lemony, and with out it, the soup tastes prefer it’s lacking one thing.
Herbs/Seasonings: We’re seasoning this soup with dried thyme and parsley, salt and pepper, and a bay leaf (you’ll take away it earlier than mixing the soup).
Broth: You need to use rooster or vegetable broth—chef’s selection.
Elective Heavy Cream: For an additional-rich and creamy soup, you may stir in a little bit heavy cream. However the soup continues to be deliciously creamy with out it!

Finest Potatoes to Use

I take advantage of Yukon gold potatoes, however you should utilize any white or yellow/gold potatoes, or russet potatoes. I haven’t examined this with candy potatoes, however you may definitely strive it!

Be sure that to peel them earlier than chopping and including to the pot. The starchy potatoes will prepare dinner down within the broth and, as soon as blended, give this soup its thick, hearty texture. There’s completely no want for flour or cornstarch.

ingredients on white wooden surface including broth, herbs, bay leaf, pepper, onion, salt, garlic, lemon, and potatoes.

Methods to Make Creamy Cauliflower Potato Soup

You can also make this complete soup in 1 massive stockpot or Dutch oven. Begin by cooking the onions within the butter. As soon as they’re starting to launch some moisture and switch translucent, add the minced garlic. Prepare dinner and stir for a couple of minute, after which add the salt, pepper, and herbs. Observe that up with the remaining substances. Yep, simply toss all the things into the pot! (Besides the heavy cream; in the event you’re planning to incorporate it, maintain off until the top.)

wooden spoon stirring herbed onions and garlic in pot.

Convey the soup as much as a boil, then decrease the temperature and let it simmer till the potatoes and cauliflower are good and gentle. Earlier than mixing, the soup seems like this:

pot of cauliflower potato soup before blending.

You need to use both an everyday blender or an immersion blender. The good thing about an immersion blender is you may simply hold the soup within the pot for this step. If utilizing an everyday blender, you’ll must mix in batches.

Suggestions for mixing scorching soup in an everyday (not immersion) blender:

Let the soup cool barely earlier than transferring it to the blender.
Use a ladle to spoon the soup into the blender, don’t attempt to pour the recent soup from the pot.
Don’t overfill the blender; fill solely about midway and mix in batches.
Be sure that your blender has a vented lid, to permit steam to flee.

If you wish to stir in a little bit cream for further richness, now’s the time:

pot of cauliflower potato soup with wooden spoon topped with parsley, chives, and bacon.

Toppings & Pairings

For serving this creamy cauliflower potato soup, I prefer to high it with chopped chives or scallions, parsley, selfmade croutons, and/or some crumbled bacon. You may additionally make a tacky model by stirring in some freshly shredded cheddar or parmesan cheese.

Serve alongside a recent inexperienced salad with selfmade Italian salad dressing, and a few crusty artisan bread or ciabatta bread (or take pleasure in in a bread bowl!).

2 bowls of cauliflower potato soup with croutons, bacon, and chopped chives on top.

In the event you’re in search of extra lightened-up consolation meals recipes, be sure you strive my butternut squash mac and cheese and creamy rooster noodle soup, too! Each are warming and flavorful, however not too heavy.

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