Cauliflower-Broccoli Cream Soup with Almonds

Cauliflower and broccoli cream soup with almonds is quick and easy to prepare. Yeast and vegetable stock give the dish additional flavor.

Difference between broth and stock: There is a fundamental distinction between broth and stock. Broth serves both as a basic ingredient and as a dish in its own right, whereas stock is a heavily boiled, concentrated, salt-free, and therefore unfinished, cooking ingredient.

Broths and stocks are available in stores as ready-made products. However, these contain salt. However, you can easily make them yourself and thus individually determine the composition and the resulting taste. The following link takes you to our recipe: Vegan vegetable stock.

Different types of yeast: Both brewer's yeast and refined yeast are yeasts that are inactivated by heat. Unlike baker's yeast, refined yeast is not suitable for fermenting beer, cider, wine and vinegar. Fine yeast is used to make vegetarian spreads and pies. Brewer's yeast is good as a leavening agent and in the form of yeast flakes for seasoning and refining soups, sauces and salads. It is only added at the end or after cooking. Brewer's yeast flakes have a spicy, cheesy taste. You can also use refined yeast for seasoning. In contrast to brewer's yeast, however, the taste of refined yeast is milder.

Cauliflower: Of the brassica vegetables, cauliflower is considered to be the easiest to digest. The addition of lemon juice keeps the cauliflower white.

Leftover almonds: If you have leftover almonds, you can easily make almond butter Almond butter consists exclusively of pressed almonds. Unlike almond cream, you don't need to use water for almond butter. Cold pressing is done using a meat grinder. To get a creamier end product, you mix the end product of cold pressing. If you want brown almond butter, use roasted almonds with skin. If you prefer to make white almond butter, use only blanched almond kernels. White almond butter is comparatively milder in taste. You can use almond butter as a spread, sauce base or to make almond drinks, among other things.

Replace almonds: Instead of almonds, you can also use cashews.

Alternative to broccoli and cauliflower: The soup can also be prepared with just broccoli or cauliflower. Romanesco (a variant of cauliflower) is also suitable for this recipe. Romanesco even tastes similar to a mixture of cauliflower and broccoli.

Soup garnish: Finely diced vegetables, such as zucchini and peppers, go well as a soup garnish.

Quick option: If you're in a hurry, you can shorten the soaking time of the almonds to 1-2 hours or skip it altogether. However, it is assumed that digestibility increases with longer soaking. Soaking the almonds reduces the content of phytic acid, which binds minerals in the intestine and prevents their absorption. However, it is also said to have good properties, which is why eating unsoaked almonds and nuts in large quantities is OK.