Giovanna's Cauliflower Soup

By Eattolive2014

For a little kick add a few drops of hot sauce

Ingredients

• 1 cauliflower head
• 1 large onion
• 2 medium potatoes
• 1 15oz can tomato puree
• 2-3 vegetable boullion (knorr xlarge cubes)
• 4 quarts cold water
• 2 tbsp. of extra virgin olive oil
• black pepper to taste
• 2 bay leaves
• broken up pieces of spaghetti

Preparation

Step 1

Wash and cut cauliflower into pieces, set aside.
Dice onion into small pieces, set aside.
Peel and dice potatoes into small pieces, set aside.
In your pot heat olive oil and start to sauté the onions, potatoes and last cauliflower all together. Keep turning and make sure not to burn or brown any of the ingredients. Your goal is to soften them just a bit. Then add your tomato puree and keep turning the ingredients again let simmer for 5-8 minutes. Then add cold water about 3/4 of the pot. Add in 2 boullion cubes, bay leaves and black pepper and optional hot sauce. Bring to boil and then reduce heat to a simmer for about 1 hour or until vegetables are tender. Get your potato masher and start to smash everything in the pot until it seems all broken up, not pureed! Then continue to cook a little more. Taste the soup at this point for enough seasonings. In a separate pot boil water for the pasta. Cook as desired then SERVE.