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Du Barry soup

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

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

281 K 4.4/5 (27 reviews)

1 hour 1 min. difficulté

Easy

2.60 €

6 people

8 Ingredients

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: 1,435 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 50 min.

Cooking: 15 min.

All in all: 1 hour 1 min.

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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.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	30 RDI=10 %	70 RDI=7 %	50 RDI=7 %	840 RDI=40 %	3,520 RDI: 40 %
Per 100 g	2 RDI=1 %	4 RDI=0 %	3 RDI=1 %	60 RDI=3 %	250 RDI: 3 %
Per person	5 RDI=2 %	10 RDI=1 %	7 RDI=1 %	140 RDI=7 %	590 RDI: 7 %