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Cauliflower & white-bean soup

White beans give this mellow cauliflower soup body without relying on cream.

Serves
4 · soup and bread
From scratch
50 min
Bimby
Main cooking
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Ingredients

Metric quantities · weights after peeling and trimming unless stated

  • 450 g cauliflower, small florets and diced tender stalk
  • 100 g onions, quartered
  • 240 g cooked white beans, drained weight, rinsed
  • 20 ml olive oil
  • 600 ml low-salt vegetable stock, prepared
  • 5 g parsley, chopped
  • 2 g salt
  • 320 g bread

Method

  1. Start the base

    Bimby TM7

    Chop onion 5 sec / speed 5; scrape down. Add oil and cook 7 min / 100°C / speed 1.

  2. Simmer gently

    Bimby TM7

    Add cauliflower and stock, checking the bowl fill mark. Cook 20 min / 100°C / speed 1. Add drained beans and cook 5 min / 100°C / speed 1. Cauliflower should crush easily; extend cooking if needed.

  3. Blend and finish

    Bimby TM7

    Switch the heating off. Fit the lid and lid cap correctly; blend 30 sec / speed 5, then, if the appliance permits, 30 sec / speed 8 for a smooth texture. Let the blades stop and the lid unlock before opening; take care with steam. Taste and add the listed salt gradually. Serve with the bread.

  4. Serve

    Bowls

    Finish with chopped parsley. The beans are blended into the soup, rather than scattered on top.

Kitchen notes

Makes four soup bowls; the bread turns this into a light meal. For larger appetites add a separate sandwich or another course. Do not multiply the batch in the Bimby bowl: stay below its 2.2 litre maximum and make separate batches. Keep lid vents clear and fit the lid cap correctly. Heat soups at no more than 100°C and speed 2; stop if they rise towards the lid. Blend only after cooking, with heating off, following the screen prompts. Stove alternative: soften the aromatics in a saucepan, simmer the remaining vegetables and stock until tender, then use a hand blender with its head submerged. Contains wheat in the bread; legumes are part of the main recipe.

Original recipe development draft; not yet kitchen-tested. Timings and manual Bimby settings are starting points: check texture and doneness. These are not official Guided Cooking programmes.

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