What is useful for cauliflower?
Before you start cooking,Let's consider why cauliflower is so useful for the human body. The fact is that it contains many nutrients and useful substances, such as iron, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, mineral salts, fiber. All this contributes to a clearer and more correct functioning of the intestines and stomach. All the proteins in this vegetable are easily digestible, cabbage is considered a dietary, healthy product. It is recommended for both healthy and sick people. Cauliflower soups are often recommended for babies who have an immature gastric mucosa, that is, they do not accept all products. Even frozen cabbage is great for cooking. But there are also contraindications that should be strictly observed. Dishes from this product cannot be eaten by people with diabetes, with serious diseases of the liver, stomach, pancreas and biliary tract. For babies, it is recommended to prepare cabbage puree soups from one year old, if there are no contraindications from the supervising doctor.
Delicious recipes for every day
Cauliflower puree soup - this isan amazingly tasty, healthy dish that is equally recommended for adults and children. We offer several very interesting and tasty recipes that will help you diversify your diet, add vitamins and nutrients to it with the help of aromatic and tasty cauliflower florets. The richness of taste of cream soup for adults For adults, the cuisine has always been more varied than for babies, since the delicate and sensitive mucous membrane of children does not accept all products, but in this case, cauliflower soups for adults are not much different from children's. To begin with, we will give several recipes intended exclusively for adults, after which we will move on to delicious dishes for babies. Cream soup with broccoli and feta cheese To prepare such a soup, you will need to take:
- 300 grams of cauliflower,
- 300 g of broccoli,
- clove of garlic,
- two full glasses of cream,
- the stem of the leeks,
- medium potatoes,
- one hundred ml of dry white wine,
- 200 g of unsalted cheese,
- salt, pepper, nutmeg.
The dish is very easy to prepare:cabbage is separated into separate florets, potatoes are cut into small pieces, as are the other ingredients. Pour two glasses of water, wine, vegetables into a saucepan, bring to a boil and cook for about fifteen minutes. Then pour cream and spices into the soup, remove from heat. After it has cooled, beat it in a blender until you get a beautiful, thick, homogeneous mass. Before serving, it is recommended to sprinkle the cream soup with finely grated feta cheese in each plate. Dumpling soup for true gourmets This delicious recipe will appeal to a true gourmet. To prepare, you need to take:
- a small head of cauliflower,
- one and a half liters of chicken broth (cook it beforehand and cool)
- 40 g of butter,
- 40 g of flour,
- two yolks from chicken eggs,
- 300 ml of cream,
- parsley,
- nutmeg,
- toast.
For the dumplings you need to prepare 75 g of breadcrumb, 10 g butter, one chicken egg, a little milk, salt, pepper. For the accuracy of the selection of ingredients, experts recommend using kitchen scales. In order for any dish to be tasty and properly cooked, all proportions should be observed. We start cooking with the soup itself, for which we melt the butter in a saucepan, then add flour and mix everything. After a couple of minutes, pour in the broth (150 ml). The resulting thick sauce is removed from the heat, cooled a little. The remaining part of the broth is heated, the sauce is poured into it, mixed thoroughly. Here are also added cabbage whipped in a blender, eggs, salt, pepper and milk. We start making dumplings, for which we mix bread crumbs, butter, egg, milk and spices together. From the resulting dough we make small balls and add to the soup. The cream soup is served not only with dumplings, but also with finely chopped greens; you can decorate it with small pieces of pre-boiled cauliflower florets and sprinkle with grated cheese.
Delicate soup puree for children
Cauliflower puree soups are very healthy forchildren, but they require more dietary ingredients than adult dishes. We offer several excellent recipes that are extremely simple. Your children will definitely like them. Soup called "Sheep in the Meadow" This is an unusually tasty cream soup made from cauliflower, which can be decorated with sheep figures made from inflorescences and parsley leaves. This soup can be given to children starting from one year old. It is very healthy and tasty, your child will eat it with pleasure. This dish has an enveloping effect, which is why it is recommended to give it to children aged one to three years, when the gastric mucosa is still very sensitive and other products are not yet recommended. What is useful about this dish? It contains vitamins C, PP, B1, B2, potassium, iodine, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium and many other substances. In addition, cauliflower, which is part of the prepared dish, helps remove toxins, prevents the formation of malignant tumors, and this is important for a weak child's body. The soup itself can be cooked not only over low heat, but also in a steamer, which allows you to fully preserve all the beneficial properties of the ingredients. To prepare this soup for two servings, you need to take the following products:
- two tablespoons of fresh or frozen green peas (you can not take dry);
- 200 g cauliflower (it can be frozen, but for children it is preferable to take fresh cabbage);
- one large carrot;
- a small onion;
- a couple of twigs of greenery (parsley, dill);
- one full tablespoon of sunflower oil.
First, put a saucepan of water on the fire andbring it to a boil (about 300 ml). At this time, peel the carrots and onions, then mash them. You can boil and chop them, it all depends on your taste. After this, throw the vegetables into boiling water, cover the pan with a lid, and turn the heat down to low. After fifteen minutes, add cauliflower and green peas to the soup, bring it to a boil, and cook for about five minutes. Wash the greens, chop them very finely, and add them to the pan. The soup should boil, only then can it be turned off. The pan should cool. At this time, make decorations in the form of two sheep from the remaining inflorescences and greens, that is, simply cut the cabbage and greens, and then lay them out on the surface of the soup in the shape of animals. Two large inflorescences are bulls, two small ones are heads, eyes - cloves, horns will be from parsley. Vegetables and broth are ground in a blender, a little salted, oil is added. Cauliflower puree soup is poured into plates, decorated with lamb. You can serve croutons, small pieces of lean boiled meat with such a dish, this will diversify the taste, make the soup more attractive to the child.
Cream soup puree for the whole family
Another homemade recipe you'll loveany child and will be very useful for him - this is a creamy soup-puree of cauliflower and cheese. It is very easy to prepare, the total cooking time is about forty minutes. The soup itself can be boiled or stewed as desired, and the portions are large and nutritious enough to feed the whole family. To prepare, you need to take the following products:
- small cauliflower;
- one carrot;
- one large potato;
- liter of water;
- a full tablespoon of cream;
- Grated cheese (about 100-200 grams, depends on how much you like cheese in these dishes, but it turns out very tasty);
- minced meat (you can take any lean meat, and fit chicken fillet);
- one small onion (can be replaced with a green onion).
Let's start cooking like this:
- First you need to clean cabbage, separate inflorescences from each other, cut off all darkened places;
- cabbage must be dropped into salted boiling water;
- the potato is cut into cubes, and also drops into the broth;
- the soup is boiled for about 15 minutes, the saucepan must be loosely covered with a lid;
- onion finely cut and a little fried in vegetable oil (if you use green onions, then do not fry it);
- Minced meat is added to the onion, a little fried, mixed. After that, a quarter of a glass of plain water is added to the pan, it is closed with a lid and the mixture is stewed until cooked;
- at this time the carrot is cleaned and rubbed on a fine grater, added to the soup;
- we check the potatoes - if they are easyis pricked with a fork, then you can remove the pan from the heat, let it cool, and then pass it through a blender, the soup should be thick and smooth. To make the soup tender, it is recommended to add cream to it.
Pour the resulting cream soup into hot bowlsform, just before serving, sprinkle it with grated cheese, green onions. Cauliflower is a very healthy vegetable that should be eaten not only by children, but also by adults. The high content of vitamins and microelements make cabbage simply irreplaceable in the diet of anyone, but it is best to use it in various dishes, and not stop at any one. Cauliflower puree soup is perfect for this, which turns out very tender and tasty. Today, there are a variety of recipes, many of which were specially designed for children, but there are also dishes for the general kitchen with meat broths, cheese, croutons. They are very easy to make, it does not require special skills, and the result is very impressive and fast, useful for everyone. We recommend trying it!
