Gingered Carrot Soup Recipe

Gingered Carrot Soup

From borinda 15 years ago

This soup is brilliantly colored, smooth, can be made zestier if you like with more ginger, and has been a huge success with my family and friends.

2 Tbsp unsalted butter shopping list
2 medium onions, peeled and minced shopping list
1 1/2 quart chicken stock ( or vegetable broth in a pourable box ) shopping list
2 pounds carrots, peeled and sliced evenly shopping list
2 Tbsp +/- freshly grated ginger (freeze it first to make grating easier) shopping list
1 cup heavy cream shopping list
kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste shopping list
sour cream shopping list
chopped flatleaf parsley to garnish shopping list

In a large saucepan melt the butter and then add the onions, stir them often, and cook until they are translucent.
Add the chicken broth, carrots, and ginger and bring to a boil. When a boil is reached turn the heat down to simmer and cover the saucepan. Cook until the carrot slices are tender when stabbed with a fork.
Let cool a bit to make handling easier and safer.
In about two-cup batches transfer the vegetables and some stock to a blender and puree until very smooth. Pour back into the pot and keep pureeing batches until it is all smooth.
Add the cream and slowly bring back to a high heat and season with the salt and pepper to taste. Keep stirring so the solids don't sink to the bottom of the pot.
To serve -- ladle the soup into bowls and garnish with a Tbsp. of sour cream and top that with the chopped parsley. I used a knife and drew the sour cream out in lines from the center, it was beautiful.

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" It was excellent "
notyourmomma ate it and said...
Lovely ginger snap to the soup, quite lovely. Soup is good food.
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" It was excellent "
auntybea ate it and said...
Nothing like this soup -- I think it might be my all-time favourite. And this is a great recipe! Thank you Borinda!
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Lovely ginger snap to the soup, quite lovely. Soup is good food.

notyourmomma in South St. Petersburg loved it
Nothing like this soup -- I think it might be my all-time favourite. And this is a great recipe! Thank you Borinda!

auntybea in Vernon loved it