Cauliflower Soup - With some photos

Tried making a creamy cauliflower soup as part of this low carb kick I'm on.

Started out with cutting a cauliflower head into bite size pieces,laid out on a cookie sheet with some foil, lightly coated with clarified butter. In addition 6 cloves of garlic went into the oven to roast with it.

Lightly sauteed some onion in butter (roughly half of a medium white onion) and then incorporated the garlic and some fresh rosemary and ground thyme (didn't have fresh available)



After about 5 more minutes, added a 32 oz. container of chicken stock and the cauliflower. Let it come to a light boil and then simmered about 15 minutes, then into the blender.



After that I added a ton of dairy: 3/4 cup heavy cream, about 1 cup grated white cheddar, some gorgonzola cheese crumbles, and a few chunks of brie.


Let the cheese melt into the soup and added a good bit of black pepper. Looked like this.



Later garnished with some green onions and parsely but didn't take a pic of that.

I based this off of a recipe I found online. Only thing I changed was used heavy cream instead of half and half (and reduced from 1 cup to 3/4 cup) and I added the gorgonzola and brie. (and they called for 4 cloves garlic, I thought 6 would be better)


My personal opinion of the dish - very good but also very rich. I'd recommend the serving size be no bigger than a demitasse cup size or so.

If I make it again I'd do the following - more cauliflower and less cheese as the cheese held back the cauliflower a bit. I'd probably add more garlic cloves. If served in a larger bowl it could use some texture. Not sure how I would want to approach that yet.