Have you ever heard of Zupas?!
If not, you need to look it up right now, find the closest one to you and make it a goal to get there at some point. It is my favorite little sandwich, salad and soup restaurant. Whenever I go home to visit my parents, its the place that me and my old girlfriends from growing up will meet up for lunch. We love it.
One thing in particular I love from this restaurant, is their Wisconsin Cauliflower Soup. Oh. My. Heck. It is amazing. I am always a little sad when I hear my spoon hit the bottom of the bowl. I love it so much!
I saw this recipe floating around from Butter with a Side of Bread, and knew I had to give it a go! I adapted the original recipe slightly to my taste and the end result was DELISH! How on earth could I pass up the opportunity to partake of this goodness in my very own home?! I have to say, it was pretty darn close to the real deal and my whole family loved it!
Copy-Cat Zupas Wisconsin Cauliflower Soup
This recipe is AMAZING! So close to the real deal!
Recipe type: Entrée
Ingredients
- 3 Tbsp. butter
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- ¼ cup flour
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 cup half and half
- 1 cup milk
- 1½ cups water
- 1 (14.5 oz) can chicken broth
- 2.5 lbs cauliflower
- 1 tsp. Dijon Mustard
- 1½ cups sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
- ½ cup pepper jack cheese, shredded
Instructions
- Melt butter and chopped onion together in a large sauce pan and sauté for approximately 10 minutes over medium heat until onion gets golden in color.
- Add flour and stir to make a roux. Heat while stirring for a couple of minutes.
- Slowly add half and half along with the milk. Gradually add and stir the entire time. Following the milk, gradually add water and chicken broth and stir constantly.
- Add chopped cauliflower and heat until boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer, covered, until cauliflower is tender. This will take approximately 15 minutes.
- Place contents of sauce pan into blender and blend until smooth. Remove center part of blender cover to allow steam to escape.
- Return cauliflower mixture to saucepan; heat over medium heat until hot, stirring occasionally. Remove saucepan from heat; stir in mustard and cheese until melted and smooth.
- Serve soup topped with a little cheese for garnish.
Enjoy!
(recipe adapted slightly from:Butter with a Side of Bread)
Leave a Comment
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Ashton @ Something Swanky
This is seriously the best soup EVER! Yay-- I'm so excited to have a recipe for it!!
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Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel
Wow, this looks really yummy! I never would have thought to roast cauliflower but if it makes a soup as creamy and delish as this, I'm all over it.
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JSmith
@Hayley... Try roasting cauliflower in the oven at 400F with whole cloves of garlic, shallots (optional), salt, pepper and olive oil for 20-30min. So good... You could even include that in this recipe before blending.
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Averie @ Averie Cooks
I grew up in MN, pretty darn close to WI, and cheese is quite a staple and have been having a craving for cheese soup, this week! Great timing with this recipe! Looks fab!
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Deborah
We go to Zupas at least once or twice a month - and this is definitely one of my favorites!! I can't tell you how happy I am to have this11
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Beth
I love cauliflower soup.! Making this tonight! Thanks, this looks wonderful!
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Jessica Williams
Wow- thank you so much for the link back! Glad you enjoyed it! :)
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Amanda LeDoux
Okay.. this looks amazing! Could you substitute the heavy cream and milk for skim or 2%?! &Maybe leave out the butter? I've been in such a soup fix this looks delicious! Definitely on my to do list!
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Alese
I posted a round up of soups today on my blog http://2crafty4myskirt.blogspot.com/ I included this soup in the round up. If you are not ok with that please just let me know I will remove yours from the post. Thanks!
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Chris Simpson
This looks amazing. I roasted the cauliflower before cooking it in the soup. Then I followed the instructions exactly. Verdict: My husband, who dislikes cauliflower liked it, but it was a little bland. The texture was like gruel. It was a healthy change but I probably won't cook it again. 2 out of 5 of the kids liked it. Bye bye cauliflower.
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Amanda
I made this recipe, and the soup became very thick after it sat for a few minutes so I added a little extra chicken broth to thin it out.... All of my kids ate it, but they did not like it at all. :( My husband and I thought it was excellent at first, but then we found ourselves heavily consuming bread to get the rest of the food down.
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Jazmin
I found this recipe on Pinterest and I was super excited to try this out! I used sweet italian red onions and I have to say that it was a slight mistake :/ My husband and daughter love love loves Zupas version so I was a little leery of serving this to them. BUT THEY BOTH LOVED IT! The difference in onion was big for me but the other soup lovers couldn't tell, phew! I did use a little more salt and a pinch of garlic powder. I think the onion smell was just overwhelming for me. Great recipe besides my little onion issue :) Here's a tip to make it a little easier for the lazier people like me: Use a hand blender/smart stick in the pan your using instead of transferring it to a blender (if you have one) and use a BIG pan or pot b/c this makes A TON! Love it! Can't wait to try it out with a white onion next time. Thanks so much!
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Amy
I made this soup tonight and my entire family LOVEof it, even my picky 9 year old daughter! The only thing I did different was I used 1 cup medium cheddar and 1 cup cheddar jack and added a couple of slices of jalapeno to the soup while the cauliflower was cooking because that's what I had on hand. It was fabulous!! Thank you!
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dud
drop the mustard and the milk use real cream and 1/21/2-add celery and garlic to the saute--deglaze with white wine (good one)-a little whipped cream cheese and puree until silky...drop Step 2 and add roux at the end , simmer out slow 25 min stirring all the time tenderly
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collins
About How many servings does this make?
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Brandy
This soup is delicious!!! Thank you so much for getting my daughter to eat a vegetable!!!! :)
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Jacqueline
Can't wait to try this. I love Zupas!!
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Kelsey
I just made this and holy moly it is so yummy! I can't stop eating it. Haha! Thanks for sharing.
Kels
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Karli
Thank you so much for this post. I have made this a handful of times in the last year and LOVE it. My favorite soup ever!
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RJ
This really doesn't taste anything like the Zupa's soup, sadly. It is, however, quite tasty. Just thought this blog needed that opinion, since it was the one I was looking for when I stumbled across this. LOL
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kristen
Do you have a recipe for Zuppas tomato basil???
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Paloma
this recipe is fantastic!!! so close to zupas! its exactly like t maybe use cream for a richer, creamier soup :)
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Erik
I work at cafe Zupas. Sorry to break the news, but this recipe is WAY off
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Meghan
Erik, will you please share your recipe or at least what ingredients were in it then?? Please? :)
I haven't made this yet, trying to find a good copycat for the zuppas one.
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Charli
How many people will this serve?
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Dene
I would love to have this for my lunches. I was thinking of making it, and then freezing in single size servings. Do you think it will freeze well?
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Melissa
I can't see your recipe anymore! The rest of the post is visible
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Chef in Training
so sorry. This one should be fixed now. If you see another one that is not showing up, just comment and let me know and I will get it fixed asap. Thanks so much :)
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Jayne Smith
this recipe looks so delicious!! I've been searching for this recipe and I'm really excited to try it out!