Carrot Coriander Ginger Soup A La Brit Food

CANNED CARROT AND GINGER SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large, stainless steel stockpot over medium heat. Add garlic, onions, celery, carrots and ginger. Saute for 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the stock to the vegetables and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a lively simmer and cook until the carrots are tender, approximately 30-35 minutes.
• Remove from the heat. Add coriander, ground ginger and honey. Puree the soup in pot using an immersion blender or work in batches with a regular blender until smooth.
• Ladle the hot soup into sterilized 1 quart jars, leaving 1" headspace. Wipe rims to clean, place lid and ring on jar. Pressure can for 75 minutes at 10 pounds of pressure. After pressure drops, remove from canner. Check seals, label and store.
• When ready to serve, add 1/2 cup heavy cream to each quart of soup. Stir, heat and serve.

CARROT & GINGER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pan, add the onion, ginger and garlic, and fry for 5 mins until starting to soften. Stir in the nutmeg and cook for 1 min more.
• Pour in the stock, add the carrots, beans and their liquid, then cover and simmer for 20-25 mins until the carrots are tender.
• Scoop a third of the mixture into a bowl and blitz the remainder with a hand blender or in a food processor until smooth. Return everything to the pan and heat until bubbling. Serve topped with the almonds and nutmeg.

CARROT & CORIANDER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp vegetable oil in a large pan, add 1 chopped onion, then fry for 5 mins until softened.
• Stir in 1 tsp ground coriander and 1 chopped potato, then cook for 1 min.
• Add the 450g peeled and chopped carrots and 1.2l vegetable or chicken stock, bring to the boil, then reduce the heat.
• Cover and cook for 20 mins until the carrots are tender.
• Tip into a food processor with a handful of coriander then blitz until smooth (you may need to do this in two batches). Return to pan, taste, add salt if necessary, then reheat to serve.

CARROT SOUP WITH GINGER AND LEMON

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion; sauté 4 minutes. Add ginger and garlic; sauté 2 minutes. Add chopped carrots, tomatoes and lemon peel; sauté 1 minute. Add 3 cups stock and bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover partially and simmer until carrots are very tender, about 20 minutes. Cool slightly.
• Puree soup in batches in blender. Return soup to pot. Mix in lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.)
• Bring soup to simmer, thinning with more stock, if desired. Ladle into bowls. Top each with sour cream and grated carrot.

CARROT AND CORIANDER SOUP II

Steps:

• Place the carrots, onion, vegetable broth and cilantro into a large saucepan. Bring to a boil, and cook until the carrots are tender, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.
• Puree the soup until smooth, using a blender or food processor. Reheat before serving if necessary.

CARROT GINGER SOUP

Steps:

• Toast the coriander in a small pan over medium-high heat until fragrant. Cool and grind in a mortar and pestle or spice grinder.
• In a heavy-bottomed pot, add the oil and onion, ground coriander, salt and pepper. Sweat 2-3 minutes, and then add ginger and garlic. Sweat 1-2 minutes. Do not let brown.
• Add carrots and chicken stock to cover carrots.
• Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook until carrots are very tender (like baby food) and will mash easily with a spoon. Add vinegar.
• Carefully puree soup in a blender and return to pot. If soup is too thich, thin with chiccken stock or water. Adjust seasoning.
• Strain through a fine mesh strainer. Hold until ready to serve.
• To serve, add cream and bring to a boil. Serve immediately.