Yet another puree soup, I love them. I bought some great cauliflower from my veggie guy, I was not planning to get some but he managed to convince me to buy some. What to do with it? I rummaged my cookbooks for inspiration.

This recipe is adapted from the Cauliflower vichyssoise recipe in the French Lessons Cookbook by Justin North. My version is vegetarian by virtue of using a great vegetable stock. The recipe for my vegetable stock is here.

• 30mls(2 tbsp) vegetable oil.
• 1 onion, finely sliced.
• 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced.
• 1 cauliflower, broken into small florets.
• 4 sprigs of thyme.
• 1 litre vegetable stock.
• Lemon juice.
• Chives, chopped .
• Salt & white pepper.
• Cayenne pepper.

1. Sweat the cauliflower, onion, garlic & thyme in the vegetable oil until onion is soft.
2. Add the vegetable stock then bring the soup to a boil, then reduce the heat & simmer for 20 minutes.
3. Remove thyme sprigs & bay leaf from the pot.
4. Spoon the cauliflower into a blender, cover the cauliflower with the cooking liquid, then blend.
5. You can obtain your desired consistency by controlling amount of liquid added to the blender. So, if you want a thicker soup add less cooking liquid to blender.
6. Season soup with few drops of lemon juice, salt & pepper according to your taste.
7. Serve garnished with chopped chives & cayenne pepper. This soup is great served hot or chilled.