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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

Keywords for this recipe:Soup Cauliflower Creamy Comtess

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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Time required for this recipe:

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

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
841 Kcal or 3,521 Kj	32 gr	72 gr	47 gr
42 %	12 %	7 %	7 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
59 Kcal or 247 Kj	2 gr	5 gr	3 gr
3 %	1 %	<1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
140 Kcal or 586 Kj	5 gr	12 gr	8 gr
7 %	2 %	1 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules 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.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Crunchy verrines, Escalope of veal in a cream sauce, Nanou's tuna tart, Cassoulet-style shepherd's pie., Nanou's apple and almond cake, ... All
	Cornflour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apple confectioner's custard, Pumpkin (or potimarron) soup, Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream), Spicy roast cauliflower gratin, Clementine confectioner's custard, ... All
	Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Bacon rolls, Eggs meurette, How to cook pasta properly, Turban of sole with langoustines, Fillet of beef in a rosemary crust, ... All
	Chicken stock cube: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: French onion soup, Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole), Don't add a stock cube whole, Leek and potato soup, The total turnip, ... All

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