As part of Martha’s special on soups and stews, she whipped up her Caramelized Cauliflower Soup.  I have never had a cauliflower soup, but this is definitely on my must try list for this week!  Martha also had the owner of the Vita-Mix Blender on her show to talk about this absolutely life-changing and amazing blender.  The Vita-Mix Blender was invented in 1921 and it is positively astounding how many appliances you can get rid of once you get this.  I must say that I am a bit jealous of Martha’s audience because they all got their own Vita-Mix Blender 5200′s!!!  The owner of the Vita-Mix Blender said her favorite soup to make with her blender is sweet potato apple soup. Yum!

Ingredients:

- 3 TB olive oil
- 1 Cauliflower Head
- 1 Shallot
- 5 – 6 cups Vegetable Stock (though I will use a chicken stock I think)
- Salt & Pepper to Taste
- Parsley to garnish

1.  Martha cut the whole cauliflower head into 1/4″ thick slices (which is interesting, because I only have cut cauliflower into “flowers” like broccoli).  She sauteed the cauliflower slices until they were caramelized and brown around the edges.  She then threw in the minced shallot and cooked some more, for a total cook time of about 10 minutes (Martha said the little brown or black pieces are fine).

2.  Pop the caramelized cauliflower and shallot into a Vita-Mix Blender with the vegetable stock and blend well.  The fabulous thing about a Vita-Mix Blender is that it makes your soup silky smooth… you will no  longer use your food processor or many other appliances… it is amazing what the Vita-Mix Blender can do, I am totally in love with mine!

3.  You can add some heavy cream if you want, or just season with salt and pepper.

4.  Martha makes her own croutons by cutting up brioche cubes (from her favorite brioche bread from Balthazar), and frying the cubes in a little olive oil and butter.  And this is why we love you Martha!!! Such a great Martha Moment!