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Hi TL!
BACON. BACON. BACON.
INGREDIENTS
- salt
- pepper
- 1 tablespoon thyme
- 1/2 tablespoon cumin
- 2 leek stalks, chopped
- 1/2 cup of white wine
- 3/4 cup of silken tofu (6oz)
- 1 cup of cauliflower, chopped
- 2 cups of chicken stock
- 1/2 lb bacon (if you're like me, you'll prob end up eating some of the bacon strips anyways... so compensate for that fact)
- OPTIONAL: dill
PROCEDURE
Total prep time for this dish is roughly about 20 minutes. Total cook time is about 45 minutes. This will make 4 servings.
Calories per serving: ~350 calories
- Fry your bacon on high heat. Season with cumin. When the bacon is cooked, immediately remove from the pan and place on a few paper towels in order to absorb the extra oil.
- Once you've fried all your bacon, drain most of the oil from the pan (ideally, place it in a disposable can or cup because grease can clog your drain).
- Saute your chopped leeks in the bacon fat for about 1 1/2 minutes, or until golden. Season with salt, pepper, and thyme.
- Add in your white wine to your leeks. Let cook for about 2 minutes. Remove from heat when done.
- Set a large pot on medium heat. Add in your chicken stock. Add in your cauliflower. Season with salt, pepper, and thyme.
- Allow cauliflower to cook until soft (roughly 15 minutes).
- Pour in the leeks and wine from other pan into the pot.
- Stir to combine.
- Using a whisk or a fork, beat your silken tofu into smooth paste. Use the some broth from the soup to thin out the silken tofu and bring it to temperature.
- Add the silken tofu to the soup.
- Using a stick blender, blend the soup together.
- Crumble 3/4 of your bacon and add it into the blended soup. Stir to combine. Reserve the remaining 1/4 as a garnish.
- Pour desired amount of soup into a bowl. Garnish with crumbled bacon.
- OPTIONAL: Sprinkle dill over the soup
- Eat!
![[image loading]](http://kierpanda.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/blog_cauliflowersoup_done.jpg)
Ta-da! :D When you're done, it should look something like that.
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Thanks for reading!
 
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omg that looks so amazing
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BACON. BACON. BACON.
BACON. BACON. BACON.
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BACON. BACON. BACON.
so is cumin the stuff they put in curry that makes it taste like curry?
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On July 02 2013 02:48 snively wrote:
BACON. BACON. BACON.
BACON. BACON. BACON.
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BACON. BACON. BACON.
so is cumin the stuff they put in curry that makes it taste like curry?
Cumin is one ingredient to curry powder. :0 There's sometimes coriander, cinnamon, cloves, turmeric, ginger, garlic powder, etc, depending on the region.
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While this looks delicious, I gotta say, your seasonal timing is pretty off. Heavy cream based soups during a heatwave sounds like sweat on top of sweat 
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On July 02 2013 02:58 farvacola wrote:While this looks delicious, I gotta say, your seasonal timing is pretty off. Heavy cream based soups during a heatwave sounds like sweat on top of sweat
IT'S TRUE LOL.
I actually made this recipe a while ago, but I never finished my blog post about it. It's only relevant now because I hit Paragon 100 in Diablo, and this was suppose to be a Diablo themed recipe.
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uff i was just about to say that I'm not a fan of such thick soups at this time of the year.
looks great,another time tho
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United States37500 Posts
I live in SF, I could eat soup year round.
This looks good, thanks. :3
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On July 02 2013 03:44 NeoIllusions wrote:
I live in SF, I could eat soup year round.
This looks good, thanks. :3
It's been really hot though T___T'
I'm from SF too, so I eat clam chowder all the time hahaha.
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United States37500 Posts
On July 02 2013 03:56 kierpanda wrote:Show nested quote +On July 02 2013 03:44 NeoIllusions wrote:
I live in SF, I could eat soup year round.
This looks good, thanks. :3 It's been really hot though T___T' I'm from SF too, so I eat clam chowder all the time hahaha.
Not a fan of clam chowder. :< But I do like a lot of different soups!
Yeah, weather's been a tad hotter than usual. But still better than the rest of the Bay. G_G
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On July 02 2013 02:58 farvacola wrote:While this looks delicious, I gotta say, your seasonal timing is pretty off. Heavy cream based soups during a heatwave sounds like sweat on top of sweat
my first thought haha. but looks solid otherwise
got any cold soup recipes
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On July 02 2013 02:48 snively wrote:
BACON. BACON. BACON.
BACON. BACON. BACON.
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BACON. BACON. BACON.
so is cumin the stuff they put in curry that makes it taste like curry?
Cumin is the stuff they put in tacos to make them taste like tacos!
It's one of the most popular spices in the world. I use it all the time in soups/stews/chili. And then I usually just buy curry powder (or paste) when I do stir fry/curries/etc
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omg bacon. havent had that in sooooooooooo long
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On July 02 2013 02:48 snively wrote:
BACON. BACON. BACON.
BACON. BACON. BACON.
...
BACON. BACON. BACON.
so is cumin the stuff they put in curry that makes it taste like curry?
Curry can have a lot of different spices (and there are lots of types of curry) -- I usually remember cumin as the stuff in taco meat that makes it taste like taco meat. Sichuan ("Szechuan") chefs also uses it a lot in their fried dishes.
edit: oh i didnt see aike's post
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United States5162 Posts
Something with cauliflower and tofu has no right to be called food porn
It does look tasty, though.
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i agree on tofu, and this dis hcould do without, though i personally hate the texture and taste of it in anything really. but you do the dish minus that, it's a heaping dose of creamy food porn
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Ok I need to go to the store and buy bacon right now 
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is the tofu needed/any good replacement? looks and sounds great but i really dislike tofu
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On July 04 2013 01:01 Myles wrote:Something with cauliflower and tofu has no right to be called food porn It does look tasty, though.
Beastboy would disagree with you.
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On July 04 2013 04:37 BeMannerDuPenner wrote:
is the tofu needed/any good replacement? looks and sounds great but i really dislike tofu
The main purpose of the silken tofu is to be a healthier replacement for cream. :p So using heavy whipping cream would be fine too.
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This is some hardcore XXX-stuff kierpanda, amazing.
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I've had cauliflower soup with potatoes and carrots and corn and such... it was not half bad. But I'm sure the bacon makes it infinitely better.
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On July 05 2013 11:27 MountainDewJunkie wrote:
I've had cauliflower soup with potatoes and carrots and corn and such... it was not half bad. But I'm sure the bacon makes it infinitely better.
Bacon fixes almost anything :'D
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