Cauliflower and cheese soup

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This soup is delicious with a strong flavoured cheese such as a stilton or for a dinner party a Tasmania Grueye would be great, but any cheese will do and I have used a plain cheddar and my kids love it.

1 clove garlic
1 onion
tsp oil
1/4 cauliflower
800 ml stock, veg or chicken or ½  tablespoon TM veg stock paste 800 ml water
3 sprigs tarragon or 1 tablespoon dry tarragon
2 sprigs thyme or a sprinkle of dry thyme
100 grams cheddar cheese
salt and pepper

TM Directions
Put peeled onion and garlic in the bowl and chop 5seconds/ speed 5 . add oil  and cook 100/2 minutes/ speed stir and cauliflower, stock, water and cook 15minutes/ speed 1/ 100 C. add tarragon and cheese blend 1 minute slowly good from speed 1 to 10.

Stove top Directions.
Peel and chop onion and garlic fry in a heavy based pot over a medium heat with the oil for 2 minutes. Add water, stock cauliflower and simmer for about 15 minutes, stirring regularly. Add tarragon and cheese and puree

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Pumpkin and caramelised onion soup

¼ grey pumpkin
2 large onions
2 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon oil
1 litre chicken stock
100 ml cream

Peel and dice onion and crush garlic and sauté them in the oil in a large heavy based pot until soft, add sugar and continue cooking until it has caramelised (about 20 minutes). Add peeled and chopped pumpkin and stock and simmer for about 20 minutes or until the pumpkin is cooked. Puree, add cream and season with salt and pepper.

Thermomix: peel onion and garlic chop speed 4/ 3 seconds add oil and sugar cook 15 minutes/speed 2 varoma. add pumpkin and stock cook 100c/17 minutes/ speed one or until pumpkin cooked puree 1min/speed 10 add cream  and season with salt and pepper

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