Cauliflower Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons
 
 
Serves: 4 servings
Ingredients
  • 2 heads cauliflower, chopped into florets
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 4 cups chicken or vegetable stock
  • 4 pieces sourdough bread
  • 4 pieces cheddar cheese
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  3. Toss cauliflower with olive oil and salt and spread in a single layer on baking sheet.
  4. Roast cauliflower until golden brown, about 20 minutes.
  5. Meanwhile, heat butter in a soup pot over medium heat. Add onions and cook until soft and translucent, about 10 minutes. Add roasted cauliflower and chicken stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
  6. Remove from heat and let cool.
  7. Transfer to a Vitamix or high-powered blender and puree until smooth. Return to clean pot.
  8. For the grilled cheese croutons: Put two pieces of cheese between two slices of sourdough bread and butter the outside of each. grill in a cast iron skillet or a panini machine, butter side down, until golden brown and cheese melted. Put on cutting board to cool. Remove crusts and cut sandwiches into ½-inch square croutons.
  9. Ladle soup into bowls and top with croutons.
Recipe by Three Hungry Boys at https://www.threehungryboys.com/2018/10/01/1580/