Carrot Soup with Ginger and Lemon

Carrot Soup with Ginger and Lemon

  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 45 mins
  • Servings: 4

    • About This Recipe

    “I have had this soup described as “beautiful” by a guest at my table.”

    Ingredients

  • 1/16-1/8 cup cup butter
  • 1 1/2 cupschopped onions
  • 1tablespoonfinely chopped, peeled fresh ginger
  • 1 1/2 teaspoonsminced garlic
  • 1 1/4 lbsmedium carrots, peeled,chopped( about 3 cups)
  • 2tomatoes, seeded,chopped( about 1 1/3 cups)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoonsgrated lemons, rind of
  • 3cupsvegetable stock
  • 2tablespoonsfresh lemon juice
  • 4tablespoonssour cream
  • 1smallcarrot, peeled,grated

    • Directions

  • Melt butter in heavy large pot over medium-high heat.
  • Add onion; sauté 4 minutes.
  • Add ginger and garlic; sauté 2 minutes.
  • Add chopped carrots, tomatoes and lemon peel; saute 1 minute.
  • Add 3 cups stock and bring to boil.
  • Reduce heat, cover partially and simmer until carrots are very tender, about 20 minutes.
  • Cool slightly.
  • Puree soup in batches in blender.
  • Return soup to pot.
  • Mix in lemon juice.
  • Season with salt and pepper.
  • Bring soup to simmer, thinning with more stock, if desired.
  • Ladle into bowls.
  • Top each with sour cream and grated carrot.

    • Reviews

  • “This soup was EXCELLENT!! I’ve been curious for a long time now wondering what Carrot Soup tasted like, and now I know! I’ll most definately be making this again…and again! It really is yummy!! I made some very nice dinner rolls to have with it! My husband and I both had a second helping each!!”

  • “This soup is delicious! I love the combination of lemon, carrot, and ginger. I used chicken stock instead of vegetable and it turned out great. Served with a green salad and shepherd’s pie. Another great recipe Mirj, thanks.”

  • “This soup was very enjoyable and I will definitely be making it again. I think the ginger really sets off the flavour of the carrots.”

  • “I made this WONDERFUL soup several weeks ago, and frozen the leftovers.It’s sublime. While preparing the soup I found two parsnips hiding in the crisper of the fridge so I grated and added them to the mix.I think they might have given the soup a “rounder” flavour. Will consider having this again at Christmas time at the family buffet.”

  • “This soup is OUTSTANDING!I have prepared it several times now.The last time I made it I added just a pinch of cayenne pepper and course ground pepper while the carrots were cooking. It gave it a little extra kick and the results were amazing.”

  • “I really like the ginger with the carrots but I didn’t like the tomatoes with the rest of the soup. To me, it tasted pretty bad and I had to throw the soup out. The carrots took over 40 min to get soft, so you really need to cut them up small.Sorry for a negative review!”

  • “This was a great recipe – very unusual – but in a good way!I’ve made it twice now and did use all of the lemon juice suggested and thought it was perfect.The only change I made was to add some cumin and some coriander – just for a little more flavor – and it got lots of ooohs and ahhs at the table both time . .. highly recommended !”

  • “Very easy to make and I can’t wait to eat it for lunch tomorrow.I love that it is healthy too!”

  • “I quite enjoyed this soup, though I may ease up on the lemon juice a tad next time (personal preference).I liked the thickness of it and the fact that it incorporated tomatoes and not just carrots!Straightforward and simple, too.”

  • “very easy review …. delicious !!! :)”

  • “Okay, I was prepared not to rate this because I have a personal vendetta against cooked carrots and I didn’t want to take it out on the recipe.But, oh my word, this made a believer out of me!I will never again let our carrots from our CSA box go to waste in our fridge.This recipe is fantastic and I can’t wait to make it for company as a first course to a fancy meal. Thank you so much for posting.”

  • “This was really good – a nice straightforward soup, with the ginger really setting off the carrot flavor beautifully. The overall flavor was surprisingly sweet! Will probably make this again.”

  • “Yum yum. Great flavour, and healthy too. Thanks for a real keeper. I’ve already made it a couple of times!”

  • “Really lovely soup. We had really sweet carrots, so they flavoured the soup amazingly. I left out the tomato as I didn’t have it, but otherwise made it exactly to the recipe. Thanks!”

  • “Wonderful soup!The combination of ingredients resulted in subtle tastes and gorgeous color.I ate bowl after bowl of it and had to convince myself to stop eating.I used fat free sour cream and added a little cayenne as RioFrio suggested.A hand blender made the blending process easier. Thanks for a great recipe.”

  • “Delicious soup! A brighter flavor than other carrot soups I’ve tried. The lemon and tomato add awesome layers to the flavor.”

  • “This is by far my favourite carrot soup! I do recommend adding a bit of the lemon juice at a time and tasting it. I love it the way it is but my boyfriend thinks it has too much lemon juice.”

  • “Exquisite! The ginger/carrot/lemon combination is delicious.I’ll be making this again.”

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