Cauliflower & pea soup with roasted garlic

On a stormy, tumultuous night such as this when you know winter has definitely hit, there is nothing tastier or more appealing than a creamy, warm soup.

Cauliflower & pea soup with roasted garlic - an original recipe

1 large cauliflower, chopped roughly
1 cup peas
1 L chicken or vegetable stock
3 cloves garlic, very finely chopped or minced
200 ml thick cream
1 tablespoon butter
salt & pepper, to taste
chopped chives
grated cheese (tasty, swiss, mozzarella or gruyere)

In a large pot, bring stock, cauliflower and peas to boil. Turn to medium heat and cook for around 20 minutes.

Separately, fry garlic in some olive oil (i used truffle infused oil) until it starts to caramelise. Add to soup.


Once vegetables are soft, place in blender or food processor and whiz until smooth.

Place back in pot on low heat and add cream. Add salt and pepper to taste, and extra water if soup is a little lumpy.

Just before serving, add butter into pot and stir.


 

Serve with grated cheese, chopped chives and a dash of olive oil (all optional). Best slurped up with a soft dinner roll.

Enjoy :) xx emmsy

Because everybody loves (good) noodles

Our usual post-French class hunger led us to Noodles Your Way, a quiet joint tucked down low in World Square, which is an unusually bustling shopping spot at 9pm on a Tuesday.  Following the advice of our favourite man of the land Bear Grylls, we literally ran here to warm ourselves up from the chilly Winter's eve.  Hence, we were looking forward to a fast and hearty meal, and boy, did NYW deliver !

The menu is simple and not too overwhelming but there are enough choices to make it a difficult one.  Looking around, this is a place for the noodle-serious so we get the feeling that it must be good.  We avoid the bain marie options and settle to share the Braised Beef Noodle Soup and the Pork and Soy Egg Noodles ($9.80 each).  Before we could start making blog notes, our steaming bowls had arrived. 

Given the tender meat and tasty broth, it's no wonder the beef noodles come recommended.  If this is the chef's standard, we'll be back to try all of his suggestions ! The saucy pork noodles are delicious, so much so, we almost forgot to add our favourite condiment, vinegar, but once we did, our tastebuds were in over-drive.  Though we were stuffed by the end of our feast, we were already planning on next time's order - Pork & Spicy Paste Dry Noodles as well as Egg Dumpling & Glass Noodle Hot Pot...bring it on :)

It's easy to get duped into the late night bright lights and often over-priced fare in nearby Chinatown but this hidden gem opens till 10pm (last orders at 9:30pm) and is right up there in quality with the likes of it's upstairs neighbour Din Tai Fung.

So, heads down, chopsticks up...and slurp away !

Jas.xx

Noodles Your Way

Shop 9.18 World Square, 644 George Street
Sydney, 2000