A Recipe for Carrot and Ginger Soup with Fresh Orange
Carrot and Ginger Soup Recipe – with Orange
I developed this Carrot and Ginger Soup Recipe as a result of desperation – well a bit exaggerated really! I was making traditional Sunday Roast for 30 people when the weather turned bad and the snow meant no one could make it. I had to convert the traditional Sunday Roast into various storable recipes. This Carrot and Ginger soup with Orange is one of the results. I love it! The technique may seem unusual but after ten years of making soup for 50 people every day from whatever was available I Know it works!Its best made with Roasted Carrots but given in most cases you won’t want to do this the recipe we provide is for a one step process. If you like vegetarian recipes try visiting our vegetarian recipes category for a great selection.
If you are looking for a winter warming soup we recommend our Cullen Skink Recipe from Real Recipes
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 Minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Serving size: 450gm
Calories per serving: 250
Fat per serving: 25g
Updated on 7th March 2012 By:
For this Carrot and Ginger Soup Recipe you will need:
Ingredients (Serves 8 )
- 1.25 kilo of fresh carrots chopped into 2″ pieces
- 1.5 litre Vegetable Stock
- 1 large Sweet Onion – peeled and halved
- 3 cloves garlic peeled whole
- 50gm / 2″ fresh ginger peeled and chopped roughly
- 2 tsp cumin
- 350gm floury potatoes
- 2 fresh chillies – chopped finely
- 125gm butter
- 1 medium orange – preferably with thin skin
Method
- Add the butter to a large pan over a very low heat
- Add the carrots, onions, ginger, chilli and garlic
- Fry very gently stirring occasionally until the onion softens and separates into its layers
- Keep frying very gently for 5 more minutes
- Add the Potatoes and Orange
- Add the stock
- Cook slowly simmering until the potatoes are soft
- Using a stick blender, blender or food processor whizz the soup ingredients until smooth
- Return to the pan and add the cream
- Reheat until just close to simmering
- Taste and season. This is the most important stage – a little more cream a little more water, salt, pepper, cayenne even sugar to add a little more sweetness can be added here
A lovely Carrot and Ginger Soup Recipe – warming, slightly spicy with a hint of orange. Serve with some good fresh Granary Bread