Carrot And Red Onion Soup Food

CREAMY CARROT RED PEPPER SOUP

Steps:

• In a large stockpot or Dutch oven, warm the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, approximately 6 minutes.
• Add the carrots, red pepper, salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, another 5 minutes.
• Add the garlic and thyme and cook approximately 1 minute, just until fragrant.
• Pour the stock over the veggies and stir. Increase heat to high and bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat back to medium, cover, and simmer for about 20 minutes, until the carrots are tender enough to be pierced with a fork.
• Use an immersion blender, standard blender, or food processor to puree the soup. Taste and add more salt, if desired. Serve with fresh thyme, pumpkin seeds, or a swirl of cream, as desired. Enjoy!

CARROT, ONION AND CELERY SOUP BY ME!

Steps:

• Slice the carrots fine, mince the onion, slice the celery thin.
• In a big pot saute the onion in butter until softened.
• Stir in the carrot, celery and tarragon.
• Add broth and wine.
• Bring to a boil.
• Simmer until done.

RED ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Slice onions, thinly.
• Melt three (3) tablespoons of the butter in a large skillet; stir in sugar. Add onions and one (1) teaspoon of salt; cook over medium low heat - stirring occasionally until golden and tender (30 to 40 minutes).
• Stir in flour until well blended with the onions and pan juices. Add wine and cook an additional five (5) minutes.
• Add chicken stock and thyme; cook fifteen (15) minutes. Stir occasionally. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350°F.
• Butter bread on both sides using the remaining one (1) tablespoon of butter. Transfer to baking sheet; sprinkle with cheese. Bake until golden brown (about 10 minutes).
• Add parsley to soup, give a big stir. Ladle into warmed soup bowls, top with cheese toast, and garnish with chives.
• Soup will hold for up to five (5) days.

CARROT AND LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan set over high heat, bring lentils and stock/water to a boil.
• Skim off froth.
• Stir in chopped onion, garlic, seasonings and bay leaf. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer, covered.
• Dice carrots and red pepper. Stir into soup.
• Continue simmering, covered, until carrots are very tender, about 15 minutes. Lentils in soup will need a total of about 20 minutes to cook.
• Stir in red onion, coriander, lemon juice and pepper.
• Remove bay leaf. Liquidise if required.
• Serve immediately or refrigerate, covered, up to 3 days or freeze.

RED CURRY CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan or stockpot.
• Add the sliced carrots (not the matchstick carrots) and ginger and sautee over medium-high heat, until the carrots are crisp-tender and lightly browned, about 6 to 7 minutes.
• Add the onion and cook until softened but not browned, about 2 minutes.
• Add the stock, water, coconut milk and curry paste to the saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer over until the carrots are tender, about 25 minutes.
• Strain out the solids, reserving the liquid; discard the ginger.
• Transfer the carrots to a blender and puree with 1 cup of the cooking liquid until very smooth.
• Return the puree to the cooking liquid.
• This can also be done with a stick blender if you have one and will be much easier- just remove the ginger and puree in the pot.
• Add the carrot matchsticks and cook until tender, about 3 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Serve hot, garnished with the scallion, cilantro and basil.
• For Vegetarian use Vegetable stock.

RED PEPPER CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Broil red pepper 4 in. from the heat until skin is blistered, about 6 minutes. With tongs, rotate pepper a quarter turn. Broil and rotate until all sides are blistered and blackened. Immediately place pepper in a bowl; cover and let stand for 15-20 minutes. Peel and discard charred skin. Remove stem and seeds; set pepper aside., In a large saucepan, cook the carrots, onion and rice in butter until onion is tender. Stir in the broth, water, orange juice, dill, orange zest, salt, marjoram, thyme, rosemary, sage and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes or until carrots and rice are tender. Cool for 10 minutes. , In a blender, puree carrot mixture and roasted pepper in small batches. Return to the pan; heat through.

ROASTED CARROTS AND RED ONION WITH BALSAMIC VINEGAR

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees. If using the garlic, put whole, unpeeled head in a small saucepan with water to cover. Bring water to boil, then simmer to soften cloves and loosen skins, about 10 minutes. Drain and refresh garlic head under cold water. Separate cloves and peel.
• Put vegetables (excluding garlic) into a roasting pan large enough to hold them without crowding. Toss vegetables with butter and/or oil, balsamic vinegar and sprinkle with salt. Roast, stirring or shaking vegetables every 15 minutes for 30 minutes. Add garlic (if using) Raise heat to 425 degrees and continue roasting until tender and evenly browned, 15 to 20 minutes. Sprinkle with pepper; taste and adjust seasonings. Serve hot or at room temperature.

CREAMY CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a large saucepan or casserole pot. Fry the onion and celery gently for 5 mins. Add the crushed garlic and cook for 1 min more. Tip in the carrots, stock and thyme, then season and bring to the boil. Lower to a simmer and cook, covered, for 25 mins until the carrots are softened.
• Meanwhile, heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Rub the whole garlic clove over both sides of the sourdough. Tear it into rough chunks and toss with the remaining oil, a good pinch of salt and the seeds. Spread out on a baking sheet and bake for 8-10 mins until golden and crisp. Mix with the chopped parsley and set aside.
• Remove the thyme from the pan and discard. Blitz the soup with a hand blender until smooth. Stir though the cream and season to taste. To serve, ladle the soup into four bowls, top with the croutons and drizzle over a little extra cream, if you like.

RED LENTIL & CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Put the kettle on to boil while you finely slice the onion. Heat the oil in a medium pan, add the onion and fry for 2 mins while you slice the garlic and dice the carrots. Add them to the pan, and cook briefly over the heat.
• Pour in 1 litre of the boiling water from the kettle, stir in the lentils and stock cube, then cover the pan and cook over a medium heat for 15 mins until the lentils are tender. Take off the heat and stir in the parsley. Ladle into bowls, and scatter with extra parsley leaves, if you like.