Carrot-Ginger Soup
Yield 4
Use fresh carrots for this soup, it makes an enormous difference to flavor.
Ingredients
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 2 Tablespoons peeled and chopped fresh ginger
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1½ pounds carrots, chopped
- 2 Tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 Tablespoon orange zest
- 3 cups vegetable or chicken stock
- ¼ cup fresh orange juice, to taste
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Instructions
Put all of the ingredients except the orange juice and salt and pepper into a large pot and set over high heat.
Bring the liquid to a boil, then reduce the heat to simmer and cook until the carrots are very tender, about 20 minutes.
With an immersion blender or working in batches in a conventional blender, puree the soup and season with the orange juice and salt ad pepper.
Serve hot, warm or at room temperature.
Courses Dinner
Recipe by Lakewinds Food Co-op at https://www.lakewinds.coop/recipes/all/carrot-ginger-soup/