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Creamy Carrot Soup
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Like carrots? You’re going to love this carrot soup recipe!

Keep this recipe in handy to use up that forgotten bag of carrots in your fridge, or after harvesting your garden!

This puréed carrot soup is thick and smooth even without dairy or a substitute, but their addition creates a rich, filling, and delicious version.

Plus! you can follow the same technique with almost any root vegetable – turnips, potatoes, or celeriac, for example.

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The soup is especially flavorful with parsnips, which are sweet beyond belief.

Recipe from Mark Bittman’s – How to Cook Everything.

Makes: 4 Servings. Time: 45 minutes 

Creamy Carrot Soup Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons butter or extra virgin olive oil 
  • 1 small onion, sliced 
  • 1 pound carrots, roughly chopped 
  • 1 large starchy potato, peeled and roughly chopped 
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper 
  • 5 cups vegetable stock or water 
  • 2 teaspoons suger, or to taste (optional) 
  • ½ cup cream or sour cream (optional) 
  • ¼ chopped parsley leaves for garnish

Instructions

  1. Put the butter or oil in a large, deep saucepan or casserole over medium heat. When the butter melts or the oil is hot, add the vegetables. Season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 15 minutes, until the carrots soften a bit. Add the stock and cook until the vegetables are very tender, 15 to 20 minutes. 
  2. Use an immersion blender to puree the soup in the pan. Or cool the mixture slightly (hot soup is dangerous), pass it through a food mill or pour it into a blender, and puree carefully until smooth, working in batches if necessary. (You may prepare the soup in advance up to this point. Cover, refrigerate for up to 2 days, and reheat before proceeding). Adjust the seasoning if the soup tastes flat, stir in the sugar to play up the carrot flavor.
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3. If you’re serving the soup hot, reheat it in the saucepan. If you’re serving it cold, refrigerate, covered, for at least 2 hours. Either way, stir in the cream if you’re using it, then garnish, and serve.

Other Variations

Creamy Fennel Soup – A shot of Pernod, Ricard, or other anise-flavoured liquor added with the vegetable stock will boost the flavor even further. Substitute fennel for carrots; reserve the fennel fronds for garnish and use them in place of the parsley. 

Creamy Celery Soup – Substitute celery for the carrots, reserve the celery leaves for garnish if they’re green and fresh, otherwise use parsley or dill for garnish. 

Nutrients per serving* (1 serving) 

243 Calories 

13 g Fat  

29 g Carbohydrates   

5 g Fiber  

4.5 g Protein 

*Nutrition analysis is based on using butter, water, and optional ingredients*

 

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