Cauliflower Macadamia Soup with Lemon

Name: Cauliflower Macadamia Soup with Lemon
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 4 -6
Ingredients: 1 kg Cauliflower (Flowerettes, 1 large cauli); 150 gm onion (diced); 2 cloves garlic ( crushed); 60 ml Macadamia oil (or butter if preferred); 250 ml cream (- I used thickened cream); 500 ml chicken stock; 150 gm Macadamias (chopped); 60 ml lemon Juice; 1 whole lemon zest; 5 gm salt and pepper; 4 pieces Pancetta (grilled till crisp chopped ); 2 Tablespoons chives (chopped); 6 macadamias (chopped)

June 9, 2013 by Tania 24 Comments

This Cauliflower Macadamia Soup with Lemon is light and unbelievably delicious. I love anything with Cauliflower because it makes a creamy filling delicious soup. You wll be surprised how well macadamias work with soup.

I have so much I want to tell you about Italy, but when I came home last week there were too many things going on and I got side tracked for a minute, so that will follow soon. My teen Skater, got his licence, the clever young thing did very well and passed first attempt. This now means no more driving lessons, a relief beyond measure. It really is true however that the good and the bad almost always arrive in tandem and this is one such time. “Can I borrow the car” is now on high rotation and my saying no, is even starting to irritate me. Still, this is a house with only 1 car and the excess for a driver of his experience is $2050, way out of my comfort zone. So, he will have to wait a little while for more practise.

Cauliflower, Lemon and Macadamia soup

Meanwhile, I’ve met some great people on twitter lately and one of them was “Australian- Macadamias.org” a group aligned to support, publicize and promote the Australian industry with news and recipes. Visit them on Facebook for recipes

I was invited, along with about 12 or so other bloggers to a fun cooking class and challenge with Colin Fassnidge from 4 fourteen restaurant, the Four in Hand ( Paddington), The Paddington Arms and of course My Kitchen Rules and Eamon Sullivan, who has been an Ambassador for Australian Macadamias for a couple of years. He has continued with his love of food and opened several cafe/restaurants in Perth if you want to check them out...Louis Baxters and The Bib and Tucker on the beach in Fremantle.

The night coincided with the new season of Macadamias and this quick recipe was inspired by Colin Fassnidge’s recipe for Jerusalem Artichoke Soup that he made at the event. Not everyone has access to Jerusalem artichokes or the sorrel ( a lemony leaf) that Colin used so I put together this recipe for Cauliflower, Lemon and Macadamia Soup. It just so happens that all of these things are in season at the moment.

Colin Fassnidge for Australian macadamias

After Eamon and Colin demonstrated their recipes we headed into the Sydney Seafood School Kitchen to try them out in a bit of a “pressure test” with Colin and Eamon as the judges. The trick was to make the two recipes in 30 minutes. Martyna from The Wholesome Cook .com and I had a great time and we did a fantastic job. We all sat down after to eat our soup for dinner.

Sydney Seafood School

Plating up our dishes

Now for that wonderful Cauliflower Macadamia Soup with Lemon