Cauliflower Soup with Poached Garlic Purée

Name: Cauliflower Soup with Poached Garlic Purée
Yield: for 8 cups of finished soup, serving 6 or more
Ingredients: 8 cups Savory Potato Broth (page 63); 1/2 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste; 1/2 head cauliflower florets on short tender stems, sliced lengthwise into 1/2-inch-thick pieces (about 3 cups); 4 bunches scallions, finely chopped (2 cups); 3/4 cup Poached Garlic Purée, from 1 1/2 cups peeled cloves (page 67); Freshly ground black pepper to taste

December 14, 2011

This soup is nice without the addition of garlic purée, marvelous with it. If you like, add short shreds of Savoy cabbage in place of some of the cauliflower, or make Savoy-cabbage soup with poached garlic purée instead.

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