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romanesco soup in bowl

Romanesco soup

Creamy and delicious
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 4
Calories: 285.24kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 Romanesco cut in florets
  • 1 white onion chopped
  • 1 regular size potato peeled and diced
  • 2 cloves garlic chopped
  • 1200 ml (5 cups) home made vegetable stock
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground mace or nutmeg
  • 1/2 Tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
  • handful of toasted seeds or walnuts
  • 2 Tablespoon cashew sour cream optional
  • 4 slices of rustic bread
  • sea salt
  • pepper

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F
  • Take about 10 nice florets apart and rub them in olive oil and course sea salt.
  • Roast the florets in the oven approx. 20 - 25 minutes.
  • Meanwhile saute the onion with a pinch of salt in a heavy based pot, after 5 minutes add the garlic and stir for 1-2 minutes.
  • Add the romanesco florets and the diced potato and stir for another 2 minutes.
  • Pour in the vegetable stock and bring to the boil.
  • Leave it to simmer until the romanesco and potato is cooked. Leave to cool down a bit.
  • Once cool enough, blend your soup, and re-heat again.
  • Add the mace, and season to taste.
  • When your roasted florets are nicely browned, take them out of the oven and add the lemon juice.
  • Serve your soup with a few roasted florets on top, and a handful of toasted seeds or walnuts.
  • Spread some cashew sour cream on a rustic slice of bread and serve along side the soup (optional)

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 285.24kcal | Carbohydrates: 34.14g | Protein: 11.99g | Fat: 11.91g | Saturated Fat: 1.9g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 3.12mg | Sodium: 1325.46mg | Fiber: 6.91g | Sugar: 8.45g | Vitamin A: 2.35IU | Vitamin C: 16.66mg | Calcium: 8.85mg | Iron: 11.25mg
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