Approx cost: €2.00
Approx calories (per regular serving): ~200
Approx preparation time: 30 minutes
[dropcap style=”font-size: 60px; color: #0B0B61;”] I f you’re anything like me, you seriously over-bought on certain vegetables at Christmas time. I had a bag of carrots sitting around in the fridge just waiting to go off so instead of completely wasting the money I spent to buy them – and the effort and resources put into growing them – I thought I’d turn them into this awesome, simple and popular soup. It turned out really thick and delicious, and the coriander goes fantastically with the carrot. Why spend a load of money buying this ready-made when it’s so simple to do yourself? This post also has video instructions, and a slightly new format for the recipe layout. Please check right below here for the video, or continue on down for the regular recipe!
Ingredients
- 5 large carrots
- 1 large onion
- 3-4 medium potatoes
- 1 stock cube
- 1 bunch fresh Coriander
- 2 tbsps Olive oil
- 2 tbsps fresh cream
- Salt
- Pepper
- 1 litre of Water
You’ll also need
- Hand Blender
Instructions
- Start by chopping the onion roughly. Heat the olive oil in a very large pan and fry lightly for a minute or so until slightly translucent. Remove from the heat. Peel and chop the carrot and potato into chunks – just roughly cut is fine, and add to the pan with the onion. Crumble in the stock cube, add a good twist of salt and pepper and pour in a litre of water.
- Cover and bring to the boil. When boiling point is reached, turn down a little and continue to simmer until the carrot and potato is very soft – around 30-40 minutes, and then remove from the heat. Chop the coriander roughly and put about half into the soup. Blend the soup until smooth using a Hand Blender and taste. Add a little more salt or pepper if required. Add in the cream and the rest of the coriander and stir well before serving into bowls. Top with chopped chives and serve with some nice fresh bread. Will keep for some days in the fridge if required, or can be frozen for later use.
I did a carrot and ginger soup some time ago that was yummy, so I want to try a different version. I recall putting on the bottom of the bowl a bit of chili paste (sambal) and mix it in. Mhhhh, carrot soup.
I see you have been already refining the videos a bit, great work! And the soup looks nomnomnomnom
Thanks 🙂 I figured this was a much better format – I just need to work out a good way of recording my voice now! The soup was great – strongly recommend it 🙂
I have so many carrots in my fridge! Great timing!
I cooked this soup just few weeks ago – was so so tasty! Though I used a different recipe a bit, one of my friends gave it to me on FB:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2463544187… I dont know if you can see the link though, she didnt use potatoes but added a little bit of garlic.
Was very tasty )
Nice – I can't see the comment but I can imagine the taste. I like adding potato to things because it's such an easy way to make things thicker, and I love thick soups! I was planning on making a carrot soup tomorrow… maybe I'll transform it into a roasted garlic and carrot soup! Thanks for the idea 😀
I like to roast garlic as well before I add it to soups or sauces ) I even bought an oil sprinkler for it, to sprinkle the garlic with olive oil in the oven.
Yeah, it's super nom – I made a soup last night – roasted carrots and garlic, bit of chilli pepper… so good. Gonna post it tomorrow!