Cauliflower Puree Soup
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- 2 funt beef
- 1 funt veal shank
- 1 bunch greens
- 3 funt cauliflower
- 1/2 lozhka butter
- 1 lozhka flour
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/2 stakan thick cream
Instructions
- Boil a white bouillon of beef and veal shank with only greens; strain.
- Soak cleaned cauliflower in salted water; set aside the best head, blanch and cook it in bouillon.
- Stew the rest with butter and bouillon until soft; rub through a sieve.
- Bind with a light roux, add a yolk-cream liaison, and heat very hot without boiling.
- Add the reserved florets to the tureen and pour over hot bouillon; serve with pirozhki.