Gingered Carrot Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion, ginger, and garlic; saute until softened, 15 to 20 minutes. Add broth, carrots, and wine. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer, uncovered, until carrots are tender, about 45 minutes.
• Puree with an immersion blender until carrots are no longer chunky and soup has a thick consistency. Add lemon juice, salt, pepper, and curry powder. Serve in large mugs with chives and fresh black pepper.

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or stockpot, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender, 4-5 minutes. Add garlic and ginger; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in carrots, broth, zest, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until carrots are tender, 10-12 minutes. Pulse mixture in a blender or with an immersion blender to desired consistency; stir in lemon juice. If desired, garnish with additional lemon zest. , Freeze option: Cool soup; freeze in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a large saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally; add broth or water if necessary.

Steps:

• Combine the olive oil and onion in a Dutch oven or heavy pot over medium-high heat. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring, 10 minutes, until just starting to caramelize. Add the garlic and ginger and cook, stirring, 2 more minutes, being careful not to burn the mixture. Stir in the carrots, potato and the chicken or vegetable stock. Bring to a simmer, cover and cook until the carrots and potato are very tender, 15 to 18 minutes. Keep warm. Meanwhile, in a small saute pan over high heat, lightly toast the pine nuts. Set aside to cool. In a small bowl, combine the yogurt, honey, thyme and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Puree the soup with an immersion blender until very smooth (or puree in a regular blender in batches). Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper and serve with a dollop of the yogurt mixture and some pine nuts.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pan, add the onion, ginger and garlic, and fry for 5 mins until starting to soften. Stir in the nutmeg and cook for 1 min more.
• Pour in the stock, add the carrots, beans and their liquid, then cover and simmer for 20-25 mins until the carrots are tender.
• Scoop a third of the mixture into a bowl and blitz the remainder with a hand blender or in a food processor until smooth. Return everything to the pan and heat until bubbling. Serve topped with the almonds and nutmeg.

Steps:

• In a large (5-quart) saucepan, heat oil over medium; add onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add carrots, sweet potatoes, ginger, broth, and 4 cups water. Season with salt and pepper.
• Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook until vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes. Working in batches, puree mixture in a blender until smooth; add sugar and lemon juice to taste. Season with salt and pepper, if necessary. (If freezing, proceed to step 3.) Return soup to pan; heat over medium, stirring in cream, if desired.
• To freeze: Cool to room temperature. Divide among airtight containers (leaving 1 inch space at top), and freeze up to 3 months. To heat, place container upside down under hot tap water to release block of soup; place in a medium saucepan. Cover, and cook over medium-low, adding water to thin, if necessary. Stir in cream, if desired.

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic and 1/4 cup minced ginger and saute until onion is translucent, about 8 minutes. Add 4 cups chicken stock and 4 cups sliced carrots. Cover and simmer until carrots are tender, about 30 minutes.
• Working in batches, puree mixture in blender or processor. Return soup to saucepan over low heat. Mix half and half and cumin. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper.

Steps:

• Slice the carrots in half lengthwise and then into 2 inch chunks.
• Pour enough olive oil into the bottom of a heavy stockpot to coat the bottom. Add carrots and onions and saute over medium heat. Cook until the onions start turning translucent.
• Turn the heat down, add the garlic and continue cooking another 5 minutes.
• Add the ginger and cook another minute or two.
• Add the stock and enough additional water to cover the vegetables. Taste and add salt and pepper to your taste. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat to barely simmer.
• Add 6 sage leaves (the remaining ones are for garnish). Cook until the carrots are very tender, about 45 minutes.
• Remove the sage leaves. Now you need to puree the soup. If you have an immersion blender, use at your own risk. It's hot soup. If using a regular blender, allow the soup to cool, then process in batches and add back to the pot.
• Bring the soup back up to a simmer and add the butter, sugar, and lemon juice. You just need the butter to melt. Taste and season again with salt and pepper if needed.
• This can be made up to 2 days in advance. Garnish with fresh sage leaves.

Steps:

• Sauté the carrots, onions, celery and ginger in the vegetable oil in a saucepan over medium heat until vegetables have softened, about 10-12 minutes.
• Add the chicken stock and bring to a boil.
• Add the cream and again bring the soup to a boil, reduce heat, then let simmer for 5 minutes.
• Pour the soup into a blender or food processor and puree, then strain it back into the saucepan.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Steps:

• Quarter avocados, then pit and peel.
• Purée 1 avocado with carrot juice, salt, 4 teaspoons lime juice, and 2 teaspoons ginger in a blender until very smooth.
• Cut remaining avocado into 1/4-inch dice. Gently toss with remaining teaspoon lime juice, 1/4 teaspoon ginger, curry powder, and a pinch of salt.
• Serve soup garnished with seasoned avocado dice.

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion and 1/4 cup minced ginger and sauté until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add 3 cups chicken stock and 4 cups sliced carrots. Cover and simmer until carrots are tender, about 30 minutes.
• Working in batches, puree mixture in blender or processor. Return soup to saucepan. Mix in orange juice, then half and half. Cook over low heat 5 minutes. Mix in ground cinnamon. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to simmer before continuing, thinning with more stock if necessary.) Ladle soup into bowls. Top soup with carrot and ginger strips, if desired, and serve.

Steps:

• In a large soup pan, over medium heat, saute the garlic and onions in the olive oil until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the carrots, potatoes, ginger, cumin and broth, cover and simmer for 20 minutes, or until the carrots are tender but not mushy.
• Remove the pot from the heat. Puree half this mixture in a food processor or blender. Combine the pureed and unpureed parts of the soup together to create one nicely textured whole. Add more broth if necessary to achieve the desired consistency. Taste and adjust seasoning. Serve hot, garnished with a dollop of yogurt.