Cauliflower Soup and Spicy Blue Cheese Toasties

Name: Cauliflower Soup and Spicy Blue Cheese Toasties
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 tbsp. sunflower oil; 1 cauliflower, leaves trimmed, cut into small florets; 2 medium potatoes, about 450g, chopped; 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard; 1 L vegetable or chicken stock; 200 mL semi-skimmed milk; 8 small slices sourdough bread; 100 g blue cheese, crumbled; 1/2-1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped; 1 tbsp. chopped fresh chives

This warming cauliflower soup served with piquant blue cheese toasties is a perfectly satisfying supper.

By The GH Kitchen TeamPublished: 10 September 2011

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Yields:

Prep Time:

20 mins

Cook Time:

30 mins

Total Time:

50 mins

Ingredients

1 Tbsp. sunflower oil
1 cauliflower, leaves trimmed, cut into small florets
2 medium potatoes, about 450g, chopped
1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
1 l vegetable or chicken stock
200 ml semi-skimmed milk
8 small slices sourdough bread
100 g blue cheese, crumbled
1/2-1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
1 Tbsp. chopped fresh chives

Directions

1. Step 1
  Heat the oil in a large pan over a medium heat and fry the cauliflower and potatoes for 8-10min until starting to soften. Stir in the mustard, then pour in the stock and milk and bring to the boil. Simmer for 15min until vegetables are tender, then whiz in a blender until smooth (do this in batches if necessary). Return to the pan and check seasoning.
2. Step 2
  Preheat grill to medium. Arrange the bread slices on a baking sheet and toast on one side until golden. Scatter cheese and chilli over untoasted side, then grill for 3-5min until the cheese is bubbling and golden. Reheat the soup if necessary and divide among four warmed soup bowls. Scatter over the chives and serve with the toasts.
  
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Per Serving:

Calories: 496
Total carbs: 65 g
Sugars: 11 g
Total fat: 17 g
Saturated fat: 7 g

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The GH Kitchen Team are Good Housekeeping’s resident recipe developers and all-round food obsessives. GH Kitchen Director Sarah Akhurst is our resident hosting pro and loves nothing more than putting on a foodie feast for friends. Our GH Kitchen Manager Linzi Pucino is our very own Italian food expert (originally hailing from the North East of Scotland!) and can be found working her way through midweek recipes that cover all bases, from haggis to ragu! Our Kitchen Editor ⁠Nadine Brown loves digging into the stories behind her favourite foods and enjoys applying her eclectic tastes to more modern, flavour-forward recipes - just don't give her too much chilli! Our Junior Food Content Produce ⁠Frankie Prichard combines a love of beautiful presentation and flavour-led, seasonal cooking in her recipe development, along with a passion for bringing people together through food. With a wealth of professional kitchen experience between them, they’re dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work every single time