Gingered Carrot Bisque Food

SIMPLE GINGER CARROT BISQUE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion, celery, and ginger and sauté until the onion is tender and translucent, about 8 minutes.
• Stir in the broth, carrots, potato, and curry powder and bring to a boil. Season everything with salt. Decrease the heat to maintain a simmer. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the carrots are tender, about 25 minutes.
• Using an immersion blender (or using a regular blender and working in batches), blend until completely smooth. Return the soup to the pot over low heat and cook, stirring often, until heated through.
• In a small bowl, stir together the raw tahini, water, and salt to taste. It will seem chunky and weird at first, but keep at it until you have the consistency of coffee cream/half 'n' half. Add more water if necessary. Pour half of the tahini cream into the pot of soup and stir to incorporate.
• With the remaining tahini cream, scrape half of it into a small bowl. Add the turmeric to the small bowl and stir to combine.
• Serve the soup hot and garnish with swirls of the regular and turmeric tahini cream. Drag a paring knife through the swirls for a marble effect, if you like.

GINGER CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• In a 6-quart pan, over medium high heat, add butter and onions and cook, stirring often, until onions are limp. Add broth, carrots, and ginger. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until carrots are tender when pierced.
• Remove from heat and transfer to a blender. Don't fill the blender more than half way, do it in batches if you have to. Cover the blender and then hold a kitchen towel over the top of the blender*. Be careful when blending hot liquids as the mixture can spurt out of the blender. Pulse the blender to start it and then puree until smooth. Return to the pan and add cream, stir over high heat until hot. For a smoother flavor bring soup to a boil, add salt and pepper, to taste.
• Ladle into bowls and garnish with dollop sour cream and parsley sprigs.

CARROT GINGER BISQUE

Steps:

• In a large dutch oven or soup pot over medium high heat, add butter and onions and cook, stirring often, until onions are softened. Add the carrots, ginger and nutmeg and cook for one minute, using a wooden spoon to stir. Add broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until carrots are tender when pierced. About 15 minutes Remove from the heat and transfer the contents to a high speed blender (you may need to do this in batches) blend until smooth and completely creamy. Alternately, you can use an immersion blender but the soup wont become as silky smooth as when it's pureed with a regular blender. Return the soup to the pot and pour in the cream. Season with plenty of salt and pepper and keep warm until ready to serve. Taste for seasonings and adjust as needed. Divide soup between bowls and top with a dollop of creme fraiche or plain yogurt.

GINGER BUTTERNUT SQUASH BISQUE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Cut squash lengthwise in half; remove and discard seeds. Place squash in a greased shallow roasting pan, cut side down. Roast 40-45 minutes or until squash is tender. Cool slightly., In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add carrots and onion; cook and stir until tender. Add garlic, ginger and curry powder; cook and stir 1 minute longer. Add broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 10-12 minutes or until carrots are tender. , Scoop flesh from squash; discard skins. Add squash, coconut milk, salt and pepper to carrot mixture; bring just to a boil, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; cool slightly. Process in batches in a blender until smooth., Return to pan; heat through. Top servings with rice, coconut, peanuts and cilantro.

CREAMY CARROT-GINGER BISQUE

Steps:

• Purée all ingredients in food processor until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.