Roasted Cauliflower and Pancetta Soup

  4.5 – 8 reviews  • Cauliflower

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Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 55 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 bowls

Ingredients

  1. 1 large head cauliflower, cut into florets
  2. ¼ cup butter (such as Kerrygold®), melted
  3. salt and ground black pepper to taste
  4. 5 cloves garlic
  5. 1 tablespoon olive oil
  6. 6 ounces diced pancetta
  7. 1 sweet onion, diced
  8. 2 teaspoons dried thyme
  9. 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
  10. 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
  11. 28 fluid ounces chicken stock
  12. 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
  2. Arrange cauliflower tightly into a 9×13-inch glass baking dish. Pour melted butter over cauliflower and lightly season with salt and pepper. Place garlic cloves into the cauliflower.
  3. Roast in the preheated oven until cauliflower is tender and browned, about 30 minutes.
  4. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir pancetta in the hot oil until browned and crisp, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer pancetta to paper towel-lined bowl, reserving pancetta drippings in the skillet.
  5. Cook and stir onion in the pancetta drippings until tender, about 5 minutes. Mix thyme, rosemary, and turmeric into onion.
  6. Pour chicken stock over onion mixture and bring to a boil. Add cauliflower and garlic to chicken stock. Reduce heat to medium and simmer soup until cauliflower is very soft, about 15 minutes. Stir pancetta into soup.
  7. Blend soup using an immersion blender until completely smooth. Stir Cheddar cheese, 1 to 2 tablespoons at a time, into soup until melted.
  8. I use raw milk Cheddar cheese.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 269 kcal
Carbohydrate 12 g
Cholesterol 51 mg
Dietary Fiber 4 g
Protein 12 g
Saturated Fat 11 g
Sodium 853 mg
Sugars 5 g
Fat 21 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Ian David
My Mom had a root canal and really needed to eat soup for a few days. I was so excited to make this as I figured it was reasonably low carb, but sounded delicious. I bought ingredients for a double batch. Honestly, it was terrible. I didn’t even take it to my Mom and I threw the whole batch out. I don’t know it it was the tumeric or combination of other spices, but just not good. Sorry, I really felt like I should post a review since I threw out the entire double batch.
Melinda Dunn
Very good. Store only had green cauliflower so mine looked a bit odd, but delicious. We passed on the cheese and next time instead of blended up the pancetta I think we will just top it with those greasy crispy guys.
Joseph Keller
No changes. Nice flavorful soup!
Lori Patton
Just as all the previous reviews stated.. this is amazing! The bonus is – it’s simple to make.
Timothy Chase
I was going to rate this 5-stars even before I realized I forgot to add the cheese! The cheese made it even better. It was also very salty, and I realized I had used broth instead of stock. Definitely don’t make that mistake – the cheese and pancetta provide plenty of salt. I will definitely be making this again (the right way)!
Adrienne Mendez
Followed to to a tee. Just delicious. Put some homemade croutons on top. A full meal. Was a hit with everyone. Thanks for a relatively easy, tasty soup.
Dr. Travis Zimmerman
Great! I used brociflower instead of cauliflower and added a little heavy cream at the end. Great recipe!
Amber Rodriguez
Hearty and delicious soup! I used smoked scamorza cheese instead of cheddar and left out the rosemary, still a very nice soup. It has a creamy texture and a smokey flavour from the pancetta, cheese and roasted cauliflower it is a warm night by the fire in a bowl! Thank you Lora for your recipe.

 

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