CARROT SOUP

[tassi]

carrot soup ~

6 x medium carrots chopped roughly...
1 x medium onion chopped...
1 x parsnip chopped roughly... exchange for potato...
2 x medium potatoes chopped roughly
3 pints [1.1/2 litres chicken stock]
1 x cup cream...
salt and pepper to taste...
1 x egg yolk... beaten

place carrots ~ onion ~ parsnip ~ potatoes in a saucepan with the stock.. bring to the boil and simmer for 20 minutes or until tender...
blend or blitz with a wand the soup and add the cream and the salt and pepper to taste.. add the egg yolk while whisking..

serve hot with crusty bread...

[biscuit]

I'd like to try this soup, but where you say 1 x parsnip chopped roughly...exchange for potato?
The recipe also takes 2 potatoes. As for the cream, can I use milk?

[Sylvia]

Hi Biscuit,

I haven't tried Tassi's carrot soup, but I think Tassi probably means if you haven't got a parsnip, just add another potato.

I do make a similar one with coriander (cilantro) and I use single cream in it. If you have a problem with cream - give milk a try. Don't be too worried about trying substitutions, or something you think might be good - recipes aren't carved in stone.

A little tip for you, when making soups, if you don't have any fresh carrots for grating, tinned carrots blitzed in food processor, magic bullet etc works great. I sometimes finish off my soups with a can of carrots, even when I've got fresh ones in the veggie drawer. Grating carrots is not one of my favourite pastimes.

Remember Taste it.

Sylvia

[dennydustin]

Soups make a pretty regular appearance at our home. Carrot have many health benefits. It is also a source of vitamin A and protein. It also works as anti aging. Thanks for this carrot soup recipe.