Creamy Rich Carrot Soup Recipe - Cooking Index
It's a first course, but very rich indeed. Serve hot to 4 people -- and with a hearty winter meal.
Courses: Soup3 tablespoons | 45ml | Butter |
2 cups | 220g / 7.8oz | Diced carrots - (abt 6 of them) |
1 | Parsnip - diced, (optional) | |
2 | Onions - diced | |
1/2 tablespoon | 7.5ml | Flour |
1 1/2 cups | 355ml | Vegetable or beef stock |
Salt - to taste | ||
Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste | ||
2 | Whole cloves | |
1 cup | 237ml | Milk |
1 cup | 237ml | Whipping cream |
Garnish | ||
1 | Carrot - peeled |
Melt the butter in a large saucepan and add the carrots and onions. Stir until the onions are transparent, then stir in flour and cook for a minute. Add the stock slowly, blending well, then season with salt and pepper and cloves. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
Remove the cloves and puree the soup. Return to the pot, add the milk and cream, and stir until it is about to boil. Ladle immediately into bowls, then, with a carrot peeler, peel some 5 to 10 slivers from the remaining carrot onto the face of the soup into each bowl.
Source:
Soup Of The Evening...Beautiful Soup at http://www.soupsong.com
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