Recipe Courtesy of Hot and Hot Fish Club Cookbook, by Chris & Idie Hastings
Once again, if you don’t have the Hot and Hot Fish Club Cookbook, from the chef and owners of the Birmingham, Alabama restaurant of the same name, what are you waiting for? The book is filled with sensational seasonal recipes that appear on the restaurant’s actual menu and are always a crowd pleaser. Searching for an early Fall soup with rich flavors, I settled in on their simple ‘Cauliflower Soup with White Truffle Oil.’ A simple soup with onions, cauliflower florets, butter, and vegetable stock, this soup gets its richness from both a cup of heavy cream, the starch from the cauliflower florets themselves, and the last minute drizzle of truffle oil. For a bit of color I added a fried sage leaf to the top of the soup to give it that certain something that the soup was yearning for.
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‘Cauliflower Soup with White Truffle Oil’
Ingredients:
- Recipe courtesy of Chris & Idie Hastings, Hot and Hot Fish Club Cookbook
- 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 ½ cups sliced yellow onion, about 1 medium
- 2 teaspoons fresh thyme, chopped
- 1 pound white cauliflower florets
- 2 cups vegetable stock
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- White truffle oil, optional
Directions:
- Melt the butter in a medium stockpot over medium-low heat. Add the onion and thyme and cook, stirring occasionally for 10 minutes, or until the onion is softened and translucent. Add the florets and stock and bring the mixture to a boil; reduce the heat to medium low and simmer for 20 minutes. Add the cream and cook for an additional 15 minutes or until the cauliflower and the mixture is slightly reduced.
- Transfer the cauliflower mixture to a blender (or use an immersion blender like I did) and process until pureed. Season the soup with the salt and pepper. Ladle the soup into the soup bowls and drizzle with 1 to 2 drops of truffle oil. Serve immediately.
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