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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.

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Duration

1 hour 5 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 14^th 2026

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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: 1,420 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

50 min.

Cooking

15 min.

All in all

1 hour 5 min.

Preparation 50 min.

Cooking 15 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 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.

Step 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.

Step 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.

Step 4 - ⌛ 3 min.

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

Step 5 - ⌛ 2 min.

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

Step 6 - ⌛ 3 min.

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

Step 7

...your Du Barry soup is ready.

Step 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.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	2 g RDI=3 %	4 g RDI=2 %	3 g RDI=5 %	55 kcal RDI=3 %	232 kJ RDI=3 %
Per person	5 g RDI=8 %	10 g RDI=4 %	8 g RDI=11 %	131 kcal RDI=7 %	549 kJ RDI=7 %
Whole recipe	30 g RDI=47 %	61 g RDI=23 %	47 g RDI=64 %	787 kcal RDI=39 %	3,294 kJ RDI=39 %