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What is it about a hot bowl of soup that is so comforting and delicious? The simplicity of tossing a bunch of healthy ingredients into a pot and watching it bubble and simmer away is thrilling. Here cauliflower, mushrooms and leeks are sautéed in a bit of olive oil then covered in broth. the whole mixture gets a whirl in the blender and a beautiful puréed soup is formed. Top with the Butter Fish (Black Cod) and you have a little something more.
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This soup can be made vegan & is perfect for #MeatlessMonday. If you go with the mushroom or vegetable broth, you stay vegan. You can add some beans, tofu or tempeh cubes to up the protein and make this soup a full meal. Adding cheese or sour cream makes this soup decadently creamy & very satisfying. I have wedges of goat cheese added to mine in the photo. I also like to add the spice tumeric to my recipes. It is said to have great health benefits & the yellow color is so pretty.
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Cauliflower Mushroom Leek Soup with Butter Fish
makes about four 1 Cup servings
NOTES
- Experiment with your favorite spice combinations. Curry powder, cumin or smoked paprika would be nice spices in this soup.
INGREDIENTS
{Soup}
- 3 cups Vegetable, Chicken, Mushroom or Beef Broth, set 1 cup aside
- 1/2 cup mixed dried Mushrooms (I used a mix of Porcini, Shitake & Chanterelle mushrooms)
- 3 large leeks coarsely chopped, cleaned (take off ends and trim where dark green tough stem starts)
- 1 head Cauliflower, coarsely chopped
- Splash Garlic Oil or Olive Oil
- pinch of Black Pepper
- pinch of Tumeric
- handful of parsley
{Butter Fish}
- 1 pound Butter Fish or Black Cod (same fish different name), cut into 4 pieces
- pinch of Salt, Cracked Black Pepper, Smoked Paprika
- spray oil for pan
METHOD
Soup: Reconstitute dried mushrooms in 1 cup of hot broth until softened. Heat oil in a large saucepan on medium high heat.  Add chopped leeks, pepper and tumeric to hot pan. Cook for about 5 minutes until softened and translucent, add chopped cauliflower and parsley. Reduce heat to medium cook for another 5 minutes. Add 2 cups of broth and mushrooms with soaking liquid. Simmer for 10 minutes.
Let soup cool a few minutes and then put in food processor or blender.  Purée until desired thickness and consistency is reached.  Add more or less broth depending on preference.
Fish: Heat a medium sauté pan on medium high heat. Season fish with salt, pepper and smoked paprika. Sauté fish in pan for about 3-4 minutes on the first side, flip and cook 2-3 more minutes until cooked through.
Assembly: Serve soup in a shallow bowl with fish on top. As a garnish you can add some fresh parsley, parmesan, sour cream or whatever else you desire.
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Puréed Vegetable Soup Recipe Links
- Roasted Cauliflower and Broccoli Soup MarlaMeridith.com
- Sweet Potato Chickpea Soup MarlaMeridith.com
- Zucchini Carrot Soup Purée MarlaMeridith.com
- Cream of Garden Vegetable Soup A Bird in the Kitchen
- Roasted Winter Vegetable Soup What Would Cathy Eat?
- Spring Vegetable Soup Pink Parsley Catering
Gak – Oh, forgot to enter so off to see if still open. BTW, you need to open schedule for 13/14th so we can meet. pretty please?
Dara: Thanks for your vote 🙂
Jennifer: I know I would love to free up that time to meet up.That week is nuts though. Wish they could re-schedule that event.
You know you’ve got my vote, Marla. This is a beautiful dish!
I just kind of stared at the picture for a while when I opened your site this morning. Fabulous! This fish looks also gorgeous and sounds delicious.
This soup looks amazing! Now that the evenings are getting cooler I’m getting new soup recipes together. I’ll be making this one soon!
This sounds delicious! I’m headed off to vote now!
oh my! i love this soup and variation. It’s quite new and innovative recipe. Marla, I’ve already voted for you! Good luck dear. 🙂
Wow, this looks just incredible, Marla! So moist and warm and earthy… Great job, and thank you for the recipe! Routing for you all the way to win this contest, and voting now!
Sounds delicious. I love pureed veggie soups. The flavors of the veggies speak for themselves.
I love how you’ve paired fish with this fantastic soup! I’m definitely going to look for black cod, I don’t think I’ve ever had it!
Hey Marla! Thanks again for invite to Blackmarket Bakery – great seeing you last night!
This is a beautiful soup. Nice bowl from Anthropologie, too. 😉 We have two of those!
Good luck with the contest! Heading over there to investigate now…
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That soup looks so delicious and so does the fish! A wonderful dish.
Cheers,
Rosa
I’m so glad soup season has returned! This looks delicious!
What lovely flavors. You certainly have my vote. The color of your soup is a treasure in itself. The leeks and fried mushrooms really add wonderful flavor to the base. Good luck! Have a great day. Blessings…Mary
Love soups – all kinds. This looks yummy. I cannot get enough soup recipes, and I am throwing things in my soup pot daily, too. Yesterday, the best soup was parsips and young turnip with farm cream. I know, I know. But, there was about 2 litres of the cooked veggies, strained and pureed – nothing else. Then one pint of the cream and salt and pepper. So, the cream went a looooooooooog way, but did wonders to the texture and the flavour of those fall roots. With a little salt and pepper, if was definitely autumn in a bowl: velvety and smooth…. like yours.
YUM
🙂
Valerie
Valerie: I bet that farm cream was amazing in your parsnip/turnip soup. As long as you use real, pure fats that our bodies can adapt and digest then all is good by me. A little fat goes a long way as far as flavor & satisfaction goes. I need to have some cream on hand for my soups too.
Mary: Yes, when the veggies have been roasted or sauteed rather than just boiled they have so much more flavor.
Love the flavor combination and your photos! I will vote!!
This makes me hungry! The soup looks so comforting and pairs perfectly with butter fish!
oh how I love cauliflower! And with that gorgeous color, I’d guess there was pumpkin in here too. But it must be the turmeric. Sounds delicious, Marla!
Cara: You are right, the tumeric gives the soup this rich color. But a touch of pumpkin or sweet potato would be great in this soup too.
Gee, I don’t think I’ve ever had Black Cod before, but its fun how you’ve put this yummy soup with it. Like it Marla, great idea.
Mmmm I adore the buttery flavor of leeks! You best believe I’ll be voting for you!
I love this soup…love all of the delicious flavors in this soup!!! You have my vote! 🙂
Welcome Fall and all your seasonal food! This looks so inviting! Good luck in the contest!
A super delicious soup, love the butter fish here too!
An excellent comforting soup!! You have my vote 🙂
It looks so good! very creative 🙂 off to vote for you!
Marla…these are certainly winning ingredients!
Napa Culinary institute…here comes Marla ;o)
Good Luck,
Claudia
Gorgeous colors. It was great seeing you at CampBlogaway. GREG
This looks absolutely to die for. I love it all – the soup, the fish, the presentation. Congrats on another winning recipe!
Great ingredients in this soup and beautiful presentation – luv the use of goat cheese here. Mmm. Would be awesome with some crusty bread…I can taste it already!
So pretty and I can imagine it’s full of flavor!
this looks and sounds AMAZING!! Thanks for linking up
Marla