I went to Finland earlier this year, home to the Moomins - characters from a series of children's books by a Swedish-Finn illustrator and writer. The books were quite well known in the UK when I was a child, but they are obviously a much bigger deal in Finland- the small town we were staying near had a souvenir shop full of Moomin paraphernalia and the planes of the Finnish national airline even have pictures of Moomins on the tail wings.
The first thing I made from the recipe book - which is beautifully illustrated- was "summertime cauliflower soup".
Break the cauliflower into florets and bring to the boil in the water flavoured with the stock cubes.
Chop up some cheese - I used cheddar with black pepper as I had some that needed using up, but you could use blue cheese or even soft cheese.
You will have a soup with soft pieces of cauliflower; if you prefer you can blitz it in a blender until smooth.
This was a delicious soup, though I would say it is more a winter than a summer dish! It tasted a lot like cauliflower cheese which is something I associate more with roast dinners. I think next time I would puree the soup though it was quite nice leaving it thick as well.
This is also a very cheap dish to make and is very filling, so I'm sending it to Credit Crunch Munch, a frugal food challenge hosted by Helen at Fuss Free Flavours and Camilla at Fab Food 4 All. This month it is hosted by Anneli at Delicieux.
Loved the Moomins as a kid. They were always quite mysterious I felt. Beautiful soup. It'll make you fart though!!