Cauliflower Soup for a Cold Day

It is a perfect soup for a day like today.

This is what it looked like this morning when I looked outside. I've posted this soup before, but for those of you who missed it, this one is for you!


Teddy waiting to go outside this morning.


But mama, I am still so tired!
I think I will just sit here a while longer.
Needed ingredients.


I got out my Pyrex bowls to hold all of the prepared ingredients. I love these bowls. They remind me of fall.


Cut the cauliflower into small pieces.


Dice the carrots.


Dice the onions.


Dice the celery.


Melt a stick of butter in a large pot.


Add the onions and saute' for a few minutes.


Add the carrots and celery.


Stir them to combine and saute' a few minutes.


Then add the cauliflower. Stir it together with the other veggies.


Cover the pot and simmer for 20 minutes.


Pour 4 cups of whole milk in a bowl. Stir in 3/4 cups of flour.


Melt another stick of butter in a separate pan.


Add the milk and flour mixture and whisk over medium heat until it begins to thicken.


While the milk mixture is thickening, add 8 cups of chicken stock to the cauliflower.


I used veal demi glace because I was out of chicken. Use chicken demi glace if you have it. You can also use chicken bouillon but adjust the salt.


Stir the demi glace into the soup.


Add 4 bay leaves.


The flour and milk mixture should be slightly thickened. Pour in 1 cup of half and half.


Add this mixture to the cauliflower.


Add 2 teaspoons of salt.


Add 2 tablespoons of cracked black pepper.


Cover and simmer 30 minutes.


Stir in a handful of chopped parsley just before serving.


Place a heaping tablespoon of sour cream in the bottom of a large soup bowl.


Ladle soup over the sour cream and stir to blend.

This is the best cauliflower soup I have ever eaten.