3 Tablespoons unsalted butter
2 shallots,
chopped
2 10-ounce bags fresh spinach,
rinsed and stemmed
salt
and pepper to taste
1 large head cauliflower,
or 2 small
trimmed and cut into florets
4 cups chicken stock
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup plain yogurt
(for serving)
1.
In a heavy-bottomed soup pot, melt the butter over medium heat.
Cook the shallots, stiffing occasionally,
for 5 minutes or until
they soften.
2.
Add the spinach with plenty of salt and pepper. Turn up the heat.
Cook the spinach, turning it often, until
it wilts.
3.
Add the cauliflower and stock.
Bring to a boil, lower the heat,
cover
the pot, and simmer the soup for 20 minutes or until the
cauliflower
is tender when pierced with the tip of a knife.
4.
Puree the soup in a blender a little at a time until it is smooth.
Transfer the pureed soup to a clean pot. Add nutmeg, taste for
seasoning,
and add more salt and pepper if you like.
If the soup
seems
too thick, add water, a few spoons at a time, to thin.
5.
Garnish with a spoonful of plain yogurt and serve at once.
Serves 6.
-- Leigh Balanger