| Carrot and Coriander Soup | ||||||||
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| Carrot and Coriander Soup Recipe |
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This is a fool proof recipe for carrot and coriander soup. The sweetness of the carrots is superb with the slightly orange tang of coriander. |
KEY POINTS
| Preparation Time: | 5 mins | Cooking Time: | 25 mins |
| How Difficult | Easy | Freeze? | Yes |
| Servings |
4 portions |
NOTES FOR THE COOK
| Top tasting carrot and coriander soup is almost just that,
carrots, coriander and some onions. It tastes great that way!
Start adding creme fraiche or cream and you are adulterating one
of the best tasting soups in the world. You can't better the
simple ingredients of this soup. Real vegetable stock is best but if you do not have any then a couple of vegetable stock cubes in warm water will do the job. |
INGREDIENTS
| Ingredients | Metric | Imperial |
| Carrots | 450g | 1lb |
| Large onion | 1 | |
| Fresh coriander | 1 large bunch | |
| Ground coriander | 1 teaspoon | |
| Vegetable stock | 1.2 litres | 2 pints |
| Olive oil | 2 tablespoons | |
| Salt and Pepper | To taste | |
COOKING EQUIPMENT
1 large pan
1 frying pan
PREPARATION
Slice the carrots
Roughly chop the onion
Remove the stalks from the coriander and roughly chop the leaves.
Discard the stalks
Cooking Method
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Heat up the olive oil in a frying pan to a medium
heat. Add in the carrots and onion and fry for five minutes until
the onions begin to soften. Turn the ingredients whilst cooking so that the oil coats all the vegetables and they are evenly cooked. Stir in the ground (not fresh) coriander and cook for one more minute. |
| Transfer the contents of the frying pan into a large
pan. Add the salt and pepper. Pour in the stock and bring the the mixture to a boil. Turn the heat down and simmer the soup for about 20 minutes until the carrots have softened. Stir the soup a couple of times while it is cooking. |
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Liquidise the soup in a blender. It's best if you leave some texture
to the carrots rather then blending the soup to a puree. Taste the soup and add any more salt and pepper to taste. Add the chopped fresh coriander leaves and stir them in. Serve the soup with fresh bread, French bread or rye bread go well with this soup |
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