Carrot Ginger Soup
This simple, tasty soup combines a healthy dose of carrots with the interesting zing of ginger root to create an autumn favorite. It's also a surprisingly effective way to get a fussy 3-year old eater to devour half a pound of carrots for dinner.
- Prep: 20 min
- Cook: 15 to 20 min
- Total: 35 to 40 min
- Serves 6 to 8
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 2 pounds carrots, sliced into ¼ to ½ inch pieces
- Add chicken broth and carrots to a large stock pot.
- 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger
- Using a vegetable peeler, remove brown outer skin from ginger. Using a grater or zester, grate 2 tablespoons of ginger. Add to stockpot.
- Cover stockpot and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat and simmer until carrots are tender when pierced, about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Remove from heat. Using a soup ladle, transfer a portion of the soup into a blender or food processor and puree on high speed. Transfer blended soup into a separate bowl. Repeat as necessary in small batches until all of the soup has been pureed. When complete, return blended soup to large pot.
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- Add cream to blended soup and heat soup over medium-high heat to bring to a boil. Immediately remove from heat.
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- Add salt and pepper to taste and mix well. Ladle into soup bowls and serve immediately with bread.
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 2 pounds carrots, sliced into ¼ to ½ inch pieces
- 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- Add chicken broth and carrots to a large stock pot.
- Using a vegetable peeler, remove brown outer skin from ginger. Using a grater or zester, grate 2 tablespoons of ginger. Add to stockpot.
- Cover stockpot and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat and simmer until carrots are tender when pierced, about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Remove from heat. Using a soup ladle, transfer a portion of the soup into a blender or food processor and puree on high speed. Transfer blended soup into a separate bowl. Repeat as necessary in small batches until all of the soup has been pureed. When complete, return blended soup to large pot.
- Add cream to blended soup and heat soup over medium-high heat to bring to a boil. Immediately remove from heat.
- Add salt and pepper to taste and mix well. Ladle into soup bowls and serve immediately with bread.