Fennel Carrot Soup Food

ROAST CARROT & FENNEL SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 190ºC/375ºF/gas 5.
• Peel the carrots and onion, then trim and slice along with the fennel (reserving any herby tops, to garnish). Place in a roasting dish, toss with 2 tablespoons of oil.
• Roast for 20 minutes, then add the unpeeled garlic cloves. Stir everything thoroughly and return to the oven for 20 minutes more, or until the vegetables are soft and browned.
• Remove and discard the papery skins from the garlic cloves. Put the roasted veg in a large pan with the vegetable stock and bring to the boil. Simmer gently for 15 minutes, then liquidise with a stick blender, until completely smooth.
• To make the flatbreads, toast the fennel seeds in a dry frying pan for 30 seconds or so, until fragrant. Crush roughly with a pestle and mortar, then pour into a bowl with the flour and ½ teaspoon of sea salt.
• Dissolve the yeast and sugar in 100ml of hand-hot (not boiling) water, then add it to the flour mixture with the oil and 60 to 75ml of hot water and mix until you have a soft, but not sticky, dough. Knead for 5 minutes.
• Pop the dough into an oiled bowl, cover with oiled clingfilm and set aside to rise in a warm place for 30 minutes. Then, with oiled hands, divide the dough into 8 and roughly roll each one into a thin oval. Stack them up, separating them with baking paper to stop them from sticking together.
• Heat a griddle pan until it's smoking hot and add the flatbreads (you'll need to do this in batches). Cook for a couple of minutes on each side, until charred and puffed up. Keep warm in a tea towel while cooking the rest.
• Gently reheat the soup, and serve with a swirl of cream, a scattering of herby fennel tops (if you have them) and the hot flatbreads.

FENNEL CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add fennel; cook and stir 2-3 minutes or until lightly toasted. Add carrots, sweet potato and apple; cook and stir 5 minutes longer. , Stir in broth, rice, bay leaf and curry powder; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 30 minutes or until vegetables and rice are soft. , Remove from heat; cool slightly. Discard bay leaf. Process in batches in a blender until smooth; return to pan. Stir in lemon juice, salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat 5 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally. Sprinkle with parsley.

CARROT AND FENNEL SOUP

Steps:

• Wash carrots. Peel, wash again, slice and set aside.
• Regular pot: Heat oil, sauté fennel in the pot till translucent. Add prepared carrots and 1 litre (4 cups / 32 oz of vegetable broth). Simmer under carrots are quite soft -- about 30 minutes. OR
• Pressure cooker: Heat oil, sauté fennel in the pot till translucent. Add prepared carrots and 1 litre (4 cups / 32 oz of vegetable broth). Cook on high pressure for 15 minutes. (Use a pressure cooker at least 8 litres (quarts) in capacity. If you double the recipe, you'll either need to do this step in two rounds, or have a much bigger pressure cooker such as a Presto or All-American 16 quart pressure canner.)
• Let the mixture cool a bit until it is safe to work with.
• Purée in blender.
• Put mixture back in pot.
• Add the remaining 2 litres (8 cups / 64 oz ) of stock.
• Bring back to a boil, simmer on low for 20 to 30 minutes.
• Adjust flavouring with some or all of the suggested flavourings above.
• Put into hot jars.
• Leave 3 cm (1 inch) headspace, regardless of jar size.
• Wipe rims, apply lids, set in pressure canner.
• Process pressure: 10 lbs (69 kPa) weighted gauge, 11 lbs (76 kpa) dial gauge (adjust pressure for your altitude when over 300 metres / 1000 feet.)
• Process time: Half-litres (pints) 40 minutes; litres (quarts) 50 minutes

ROASTED CARROT AND FENNEL SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F
• Toss carrots, fennel and onion with olive oil and season liberally with salt and pepper
• Scatter on a baking sheet with the thyme and roast about 20 minutes in upper third of oven
• Add garlic in skins and turn vegetables; roast about 20 minutes more
• Remove and cool to room temp
• Peel garlic and add the roasted veggies to a food processor or high-powered blender in batches, puréeing with stock
• Add to a soup pot and heat through, use water to thin if soup is too thick
• Stir in honey
• For the topping, pulse bread into coarse crumbs in food processor
• Heat oil, a turn of the pan, in a medium skillet over medium heat and melt butter into oil
• When it foams, add fennel seed and red chili flakes, and swirl a minute
• Add breadcrumbs and toast until golden, seasoning with salt and pepper to taste
• Add cheese and stir a minute or two more
• Serve soup in shallow bowls topped with a dollop of Mascarpone or crème fraîche to stir in, some of the chopped fronds and some fennel-chili crumbs

CARROT FENNEL SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F with rack in lowest position.
• Chop enough fennel fronds to measure 1 tablespoon and reserve. Discard stalks and remaining fronds. Slice bulbs 1/4 inch thick and toss with carrots, onion, garlic, 3 tablespoons oil, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Spread in a 4-sided sheet pan and roast, stirring occasionally, until browned and tender, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Blend half of vegetables in a blender with broth until very smooth. Transfer to a medium saucepan. Repeat with remaining vegetables and water. Thin to desired consistency with extra water and simmer 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Meanwhile, finely grind fennel seeds in grinder and stir into remaining 2 tablespoons oil. 3Serve soup drizzled with fennel oil and sprinkled with reserved fronds.

FENNEL AND CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Trim tops& bottoms of fennel bulbs.
• Save a few green fronds& chop for garnish.
• Thinly slice bulbs, you should have about 4 cups sliced fennel.
• In large saucepan, saute sliced fennel, onions, carrots in the olive oil until tender, about 20 minutes.
• Add chicken broth, cover& bring to a simmer about 20-25 minutes until veggies are tender.
• Remove from heat& puree with an immersion blender right in saucepan or in a food processor or add to a blender.
• May take a couple of batches.
• Transfer each batch to a clean saucepan.
• Serve with sprinkle of chopped fennel fronds& cracked black pepper.

CARROT-AND-FENNEL SOUP

Steps:

• In a 3-quart heavy saucepan, over medium heat, melt the butter until foamy. Add the fennel slices and cook, stirring, until softened. Add the carrots and garlic and cook another minute. Pour in 6 cups of water and season with salt. Simmer, covered, until the carrots are very tender, about 20 minutes.
• Remove the soup from the heat and stir in the orange juice, sour cream and reserved fennel fronds. Use the back of a spoon to mash some of the carrots and fennel, but leave the soup chunky. Season with salt and pepper.

FENNEL AND CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a heavy pot over medium heat. Add fennel, carrots, celery, leeks, thyme, and bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables soften but do not brown, 30 to 45 minutes.
• Pour broth into the pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until all of the vegetables are cooked, about 10 minutes. Remove the thyme stems and bay leaf. Puree soup using an immersion blender.

CARROT, FENNEL AND LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in stockpot over medium-high heat.
• Saute shallots, fennel, and carrots until shallots are translucent.
• Add white wine and cook over medium heat until mostly absorbed.
• Add tomato, kale, broth, lentils, rice and herbs. Bring to boil.
• Reduce heat and cover, simmering about 55 minutes until lentils and rice are cooked.
• Stir in vinegar, season to taste. Enjoy!

CARROT, FENNEL, AND ORANGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a 3-quart heavy saucepan cook fennel bulb in butter over moderate heat, stirring, until softened and beginning to turn golden. Add carrots and garlic and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add water and salt and simmer, covered, 20 minutes, or until carrots are very tender.
• In a blender purée mixture in batches with orange juice, sour cream, and salt and pepper to taste until smooth, transferring to another heavy saucepan. Heat soup, stirring, just until heated through (do not let boil).
• Serve soup garnished with chervil leaves or fennel fronds.