Creamy Spiced Carrot Soup Food

CREAMY SPICED CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• In 4-quart saucepan or Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onions and celery to oil; cook a few minutes. Add garlic; cook about 5 minutes or until vegetables are translucent. Add carrots; cook 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until carrots are tender. Add chicken broth, bay leaf, orange peel strips, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and pepper. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in whipping cream; remove from heat.
• Meanwhile, make gremolata. In 8-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add bread crumbs to butter; cook until lightly browned, stirring occasionally. Stir in parsley and grated orange peel. Remove from heat; set aside.
• Remove bay leaf and orange peel strips from soup; discard. Pour soup into blender in small batches; cover and puree each batch until completely smooth. Ladle into warm bowls. Sprinkle soup with 1 teaspoon gremolata. Pass the remaining gremolata at the table.

SPICY CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pan, add the onions and carrots and cook gently for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the ground spices and cook gently for 1 minute, continuing to stir.
• Stir in the stock, bring to a boil, then cover and cook gently for about 45 minutes until the carrots are tender.
• Puree the soup in a blender or food processor, or with a hand-held blender (so easy!). Return to rinsed-out pan, season to taste with salt and pepper, reheating gently. Garnish with coriander.

CREAMY SPICY CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in the bottom of a large pot.
• Add onion and sauté until onion is somewhat translucent.
• Add potato cubes and cook, stirring frequently, until cubes are slightly browned.
• Add water.
• Bring to a boil.
• Add carrots, garlic, and celery.
• Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for twenty minutes, or until vegetables are tender.
• Remove from heat and cool for 5 minutes.
• Puree soup in food processor until smooth.
• Add soy sauce, cream, dried spices, half-and-half and the fresh dill.
• In a small bowl, blend together yogurt, lemon juice, and the rest of the dill.
• To serve, ladle carrot soup into bowl and garnish with yogurt sauce.

SPICED CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil over medium low heat in heavy Dutch oven. Add onion and garlic, stir, add salt, pepper, sugar, cumin and coriander, and cook slowly 1015 minutes until onions are translucent. Add carrots, rice, bay leaf and stock or water and cook 30 minutes, or until rice is puffed up and carrots can be crushed against side of pot with wooden spoon. Pass through food mill into clean pot. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. Bring back to a simmer, then serve garnished with crispy shallots.
• Heat oil to 360 degrees. Separate the shallot slices into rings and place in medium bowl. Sprinkle flour over and toss lightly to coat evenly. Working with a small handful at a time, sprinkle shallots over oil and stir gently. Fry until golden brown, 13 minutes. Remove with slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt. Repeat with remaining shallots, salting while still warm. Use as garnish for Spiced Carrot Soup.

CREAMY CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a heavy 4-quart saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Add the onion and cook, stirring, until it begins to soften, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Stir in the carrots and cook, stirring another 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add the rice and broth and season with sea salt to taste.
• Bring to a boil, partially cover the saucepan, and reduce the heat to medium-low.
• Simmer the soup until the rice is soft and the carrots are tender when pierced with a sharp knife, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Transfer the soup to a food processor or blender; process until smooth.
• Scrape down the sides and process a few more seconds.
• Return the soup to the saucepan.
• Season with sea salt and pepper to taste. Reheat before serving. Garnish with green onions or chives.
• For Vegetarian/Vegan use only the vegetable broth.

CREAM OF CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Put carrots and potatoes in saucepan and just cover with water (no Salt)Boil Potatoes and carrots until tender. Do not drain.
• Mash using hand blender,or kitchen blender.
• Add Cheez Whiz according to taste.
• Add half and half to taste.
• add fresh dill to taste.

CARROT & PARSNIP SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan and fry the onion and celery for 10 mins, stirring occasionally until softened. If they start to catch, add a small splash of water. Add the garlic, thyme and ½ tsp black pepper and cook for 2 mins. Add the carrots, parsnips and stock and bring to the boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 20 mins until the vegetables are soft, stirring occasionally.
• Blend using a stick blender until smooth. Add the cream and blitz again until combined, then taste for seasoning. To serve, ladle into bowls and scatter over a little chopped parsley, if you like.