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- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- From: pry@norasia.com (Peter Ryall)
- Subject: carrot soup
- Approved: mark@alexr.demon.co.uk
- Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 20:59:00 +0000
- Message-ID: <10251994205919um@alexr.demon.co.uk>
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- CARROT SOUP
-
- here's a winter fave ... quick, hearty (AND fattening!) and
- delicious - requested by a friend and i thought that i'd
- share it ... can't remember who's it was originally though!
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- INGREDIENTS
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- 4 lge shallots (or 1 onion) finely chopped
- 45g unsalted butter
- 1.25kg carrots
- 1.75-2l chicken stock
- salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- (cayenne pepper - if you're adventurous!)
- 125ml whipping cream
- 2-3 tbsp chopped chervil/chives
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- DIRECTIONS
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- Sweat the shallots (onions) in the butter over a low heat. Scrape or
- peel or wash and dice carrots (coursely). Add them to the shallots and
- stir thoroughly. Continue to cook gently for 10 min.s, stirring from
- time to time. Add stock to barely cover carrots and simmer until tender
- (do NOT boil). Put through a mouli-legumes / blender, and dilute
- further to taste, and season. Whip the cream until thick but not stiff.
- Season and add chopped chervil. Reheat soup - without boiling - divide
- between bowls and float cream on top.
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- Serves 6-8.
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