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Carrot Soup Recipe with Variants Tips
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Thomas Sixt is a chef, food photographer and cookbook author.
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My carrot soup recipe clearly shows you the different variants of the popular soup.
You can cook this fine, light soup yourself in about 30 minutes.
Prepared with cream, with coconut milk and ginger, with curry… you’re sure to find a variant that suits you here.
The look of the foamed carrot cream soup is a real pleasure and your loved ones will definitely be delighted.
Conjure up a fine soup on your plate.
Have fun and good luck!
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1. Recipe Carrot Soup
Below are my instructions with exact quantities and variants.
Carrot Soup
Cooked, photographed and written down by chef Thomas Sixt.
Servings 4
Calories 388
Total Time 35 Min.
Simple guide to prepare soup with carrots.
Preparation Time
25 Min.
Cook Time
10 Min.
Ingredients
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Carrot soup basic recipe or basic soup |
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| 30-100 | g | butter (or vegetable oil (vegan)) |
| 1 | kg | carrots (or yellow turnips) |
| 1-2 | Piece | onions (or 4 shallots, these have a finer taste!) |
| 1/2 | Piece | glove of garlic |
| 1 | Piece | big potato (optional for a cream of carrot soup) |
| 40 | ml | dry white win (or Prosecco) |
| 800 | ml | cold water |
| 1-2 | Cubes | Vegetable broth |
| 4 | Pinches | primal salt |
| 3 | Pinches | black ground pepper |
| 3 | Pinches | nutmeg |
| 2 | Pinches | Cayenne pepper |
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Carrot Soup with Coconut Milk |
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| 1 | Cup | coconut milk |
| 50 | ml | orange juice |
| 4 | tbsp | goji berries (decoration) |
| 1/2 | bunch | fresh mint (Decoration, very refreshing!) |
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Carrot Soup with Cream |
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| 1 | Cup | Cream |
| 1/2 | Bunch | fresh parsley (optional thyme, lovage, cress) |
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Carrot Soup with Ginger |
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| 2 | Slices | Ginger (always fits, better with coconut milk) |
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Carrot Soup with Curry |
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| 1 | tbsp | Madras Curry |
| 1 | tsp | turmeric |
| 1 | tsp | honey (Curry always tolerates something sweet! Vegan: use agave syrup!) |
| 4 | tbsp | pomegranate seeds |
Instruction
Carrot Soup Basic Recipe
Prepare butter
Set a large tall pot on the stove, add butter or vegetable oil to the pot.
I like to use butter or ghee or clarified butter.
Optional nut butter
If time allows, boil the butter in a saucepan.
Let the butter brown slightly at reduced temperature.
Pass the butter and refrigerate.
The browned nut butter brings a wonderful, nutty flavor to your soup.
Prepare carrots
Prepare the carrots: wash, peel and cut into small pieces and place in the pot.
I usually halve the carrots lengthways and cut thin slices, small carrot slices cook faster, then the soup is ready quickly.
Prepare onions
Peel and finely dice the onions or shallots and place in the pot.
Finely chop the garlic and add it as well. Optionally cut a potato into small pieces and add to the vegetables. Note on garlic:
I never press garlic as it makes the garlic bitter and pungent in taste.
Make soup
Sauté the vegetables in the pot for about 10 minutes until colourless. Deglaze with the dry white wine and fill up with water.
The vegetables should be well covered with liquid.
Season with vegetable stock, salt, pepper, nutmeg and cayenne pepper.
Boil the soup and prepare the respective variant.
Mix soup
Let the soup simmer gently for 25 minutes, then mix with the hand blender and leave to stand for 10 minutes.
-> Basic soup ready
Carrot Soup with Orange Juice
Optional orange juice
Season the soup with salt, pepper and orange juice.
Carrot Soup with Coconut Milk
Optional coconut milk
Boil the soup, pour the coconut milk into the strongly boiling soup.
Season with orange juice, mix up the soup and serve.
Decorate with goji berries and mint.
Carrot Soup with Cream
Optional cream
Bring the soup to the boil, slowly pour the cream into the simmering soup.
Season to taste, mix up the soup and serve.
Serve sprinkled with freshly chopped parsley (optional thyme, lovage, cress).
Carrot Soup with Ginger
Optional ginger
Ginger goes well with all variants of this soup, ginger goes best with coconut milk.
Add the ginger, cut into small pieces, so that the flavor can develop in the soup.
Be sure to mix the soup before serving.
Carrot soup with curry and turmeric
Optional curry
Season the base soup with curry, turmeric and honey or agave syrup.
Refine with cream or coconut milk if desired.
Before serving, mix the soup vigorously with cold butter or cold nut butter until fluffy.
Pour into soup plates or mugs.
You can decorate and serve this soup with pomegranate seeds , mint or parsley or with coriander.
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3. Overview How to make easy Carrot Soup
The simple preparation is explained here step by step:
- For 4 people, wash approx. 1 kg of carrots, peel and cut into small pieces, place in a tall saucepan.
- Peel four shallots or two onions, dice finely and place with the carrots.
- Finely chop half a clove of garlic and place with the carrots.
- Optionally, for a creamy pumpkin cream soup, peel a large potato and add it, cut into small pieces.
- Put a tablespoon of vegetable oil in the pot, alternatively a piece of butter (approx. 30 g).
- Sauté the carrots and onions for about 10 minutes until translucent (without colour).
- Deglaze with dry white wine and vegetable stock and bring the soup to the boil.
- Let the soup simmer gently for 20 minutes. Mix and serve sprinkled with freshly chopped parsley.
- You can easily refine this basic soup with cream or coconut milk and prepare different versions of the soup, please note points 2-5 in this article.
The simple base soup (without cream and coconut milk) is a pleasant light food dish. The carrot soup is good for the stomach and strengthens.
Light food tip from chef Thomas Sixt
4. Tips for Carrot Soup with Cream
Bring the basic soup to the boil, slowly pour a cup of cream into the boiling liquid and bring to the boil.
Season the soup with salt, pepper, nutmeg and a little cayenne pepper.
Add a piece of cold butter and mix with the hand blender until fluffy.
Always pour cold cream slowly into the boiling soup and bring to the boil and mix immediately. So the cream never flocculates!
Anti-flake tip from chef Thomas Sixt
5. Tips for Carrot Soup with Coconut Milk
Shake a can of coconut milk well before opening. Slowly pour the coconut milk into the boiling soup and bring to the boil.
Season the soup with salt, pepper, nutmeg and a little cayenne pepper, refine the soup with orange juice.
Orange juice gives the soup an exciting aroma and an interesting acidity. You can also mix this soup with a cold piece of butter with the hand blender until fluffy.
Coconut milk and orange juice go great with the carrot
Tip from chef Thomas Sixt
6. Tips for Carrot Soup with Ginger
Both the basic soup and the soup with cream or coconut milk taste great with ginger.
Cut two slices of ginger into small pieces and add the ginger to the soup immediately after deglazing.
The ginger now has enough time to develop its taste and the aroma can develop wonderfully.
7. Tips for Cream of Carrot Soup with Curry… and Turmeric
For the curry variant, I recommend the variant with coconut milk and ginger.
These ingredients just go great together and harmonize perfectly.
Supplement the soup with some turmeric.
Turmeric is extremely healthy and supports digestion.
Please always combine curry with something sweet. Honey or brown sugar can be used for carrot soup.
Curry sweet spice tip from chef Thomas Sixt
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Comments, Cooking Questions and Answers
Below you can write to me directly.
Please don't forget the star rating on the recipe, 5 stars means you liked it!
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Hi Aurora!
Thank you very much for your nice feedback.
I hope you stay tuned and try other recipes.
In connection with the carrots I would like to recommend you my carrot green pesto!
Good luck!
Best regards Thomas
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Hello Thomas!
I have prepared your soup several times and must now write to you.
Especially the variant with coconut milk and ginger appealed to me.
The curry fits just excellent to it.
With Goji berries it is even finer and looks delicious.
Looking forward now to more ideas from your blog cookbook!
Love and stars ***** for you
Aurora