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Name: Du Barry soup
Prep time: 48 min
Cook time: 13 min
Total time: 1 h 1 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: french
Ingredients: 1 cauliflower; 1 chicken stock cube; 3 tablespoons cornflour; 3 tablespoons water; 125 ml cream; 1 knob butter; salt; pepper

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Du Barry soup

Du Barry is a creamy cauliflower soup, including small whole pieces of cauliflower.

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Last modified on: October 17^th 2018

For 6 people, you will need:

1 1 cauliflower
2 1 chicken stock cube
3 3 tablespoons cornflour
4 3 tablespoons water
5 125 ml cream
6 1 knob butter
7 salt
8 pepper
Total weight: 1,434 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
48 min.	13 min.	1 hour 1 min.

Preservation:

Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1

40 min.

Prepare 1 cauliflower, then put the florets in a large pan and cover with water by 2 cm (1").

Salt, add 1 chicken stock cube and bring to the boil over medium heat.

Stage 2

3 min.

After 2 or 3 minutes boiling, remove about ¼ of the cauliflower. Check that it's cooked but still firm and set aside.

Stage 3

10 min.

Coninue cooking the rest a further 3 or 4 minutes, until the cauliflower is tender, then remove from heat and blend thoroughly.

Stage 4

3 min.

Mix 3 tablespoons cornflour with 3 tablespoons water, then pour this into the pan, whisking until it thickens (a few seconds).

Stage 5

2 min.

Put back on low heat, then add 125 ml cream and 1 knob butter. Whisk one last time to mix well.

Stage 6

3 min.

Finish by adding the cauliflower removed earlier. Stir gently to mix...

Stage 7

...your Du Barry soup is ready.

Stage 8

This excellent soup is named after the Comtesse du Barry, the last mistress of King Louis XV of France, and dates from a time when new dishes were often associated with a famous person.

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 2.57 €
Per person : 0.43 €

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Source

Home made.

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	Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: French baguettes, Nougat, Franche-Comté sticks, Sorrel soup, Sausage and lentils "en cocotte", ... All
	Cornflour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chestnut moelleux, Lemon Confectioner's Custard, Boeuf (beef) bourguignon, Langoustine gratin, French custard tart, ... All
	Cauliflower: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Harvest Gratin, Cauliflower "moelleux" in ramekins, Quartet of brassicas with cream , Creamy Winter Vegetable Soup, Chorba, ... All

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