Carrot Soup With Chilli Coriander Pesto Recipes

CARROT AND CORIANDER SOUP II

Steps:

• Place the carrots, onion, vegetable broth and cilantro into a large saucepan. Bring to a boil, and cook until the carrots are tender, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.
• Puree the soup until smooth, using a blender or food processor. Reheat before serving if necessary.

CARROT AND CILANTRO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat, and cook the onions, carrots, garlic, and chile pepper until tender. Mix in tomatoes, vegetable stock, 1/2 the cilantro, balsamic vinegar, sugar, brown sauce, and Worcestershire sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and simmer 30 minutes.
• Transfer the soup in batches to a blender or food processor, and blend until smooth. Return to the pot, and continue cooking until heated through.
• Remove soup from heat, and mix in the cream. Finely chop the remaining cilantro, and mix into the soup to serve.

CARROT SOUP WITH CHILLI CORIANDER PESTO

Steps:

• Heat 2 tbsp oil in a saucepan, add the onion and fry for 7 mins. Add 2 of the garlic cloves, the ginger and curry powder and cook for 1 min more. Stir through the carrots and stock and cook, covered, for 15-20 mins or until the carrots are soft.
• Remove from the heat and blitz with a hand blender until completely smooth. Season to taste and leave on a very low heat.
• Tip the remaining 3 tbsp oil into a small food processor along with the coriander, remaining garlic, pine nuts and chilli. Whizz until smooth, then tip into a bowl and stir in the parmesan and lemon zest. If it's too thick, loosen with 1 tbsp water.
• Ladle the soup into bowls and top with the pesto. Add a spoonful of crème fraîche and serve with bread, if you like.

CARROT & CORIANDER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp vegetable oil in a large pan, add 1 chopped onion, then fry for 5 mins until softened.
• Stir in 1 tsp ground coriander and 1 chopped potato, then cook for 1 min.
• Add the 450g peeled and chopped carrots and 1.2l vegetable or chicken stock, bring to the boil, then reduce the heat.
• Cover and cook for 20 mins until the carrots are tender.
• Tip into a food processor with a handful of coriander then blitz until smooth (you may need to do this in two batches). Return to pan, taste, add salt if necessary, then reheat to serve.

CREAM OF CARROT AND CORIANDER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan or stockpot.
• Add onions and cook until transparent.
• Add coriander root and cook for 1 minute or until fragrant.
• Add tomatoes and carrots and cook, stirring, until most of the moisture has cooked out of the tomato.
• Add chicken stock and pepper and bring to the boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes, or until the carrots are very tender.
• Add the extra half a cup of stock to replace liquid lost through evaporation.
• Add coriander leaves.
• Blend or process soup until smooth.
• Add cream, taste and adjust seasoning.
• For a smoother, velvety soup, press soup through a sieve and reheat before serving.

CARROT AND CORIANDER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large frying pan and add the onions and carrots. Cook for 3-4 minutes until starting to soften.
• Stir in the ground coriander and season with salt and pepper. Cook for 1 minute.
• Add the vegetable stock and bring to the boil. Simmer for 10-15 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.
• Whizz with a hand blender or in a blender until smooth. Reheat in a saucepan, stir in the fresh coriander and serve.

SPICY CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Peel and slice carrots, peel and chop onion finely
• Heat oil, and add the carrot and onion, cook until slightly softened-about 5 minutes
• Add spices and stir until carrot and onion covered with spices
• Add vegetable stock, bring to boil and then simmer for about 15/20 minutes until the carrots are soft
• Leave to cool, once cool, blend until smooth
• Add more stock if the soup is a bit thick, adding seasoning and more chilli, if you require more of a chilli kick