Orange and carrot soup recipe

Orange and carrot soup

20 ratings

Prep Time:20 mins

Cooking Time:40 mins

Serves:4 Adults

Cost:Low

A tasty orange, carrot and ginger soup just the thing to add a bit of zest to your day!

About this recipe

This recipe was adapted from the Allergy NI cookbook "Parties, Picnics & Packed Lunches"

Ingredients

1 large onion, peeled and sliced
15ml / ½ fl oz. of olive oil
50g / 2 oz. of fresh root ginger, chopped
500g / 17 oz. of carrots, peeled and chopped
1 orange, peeled and chopped
100ml / 3 ½ fl oz. of pure orange juice
500ml / 17 ½ fl oz. of vegetable stock

Method

Heat the oil in a saucepan and gently fry the onion until cooked and transparent
Add the chopped ginger, carrots and orange
Add the orange juice and vegetable stock, stir and simmer for 30 minutes
Remove from the heat and allow to cool a little
Blend together with a hand blender

What you will need

Chopping board
Chopping knife
Hand blender
Measuring jug(for liquids)
Saucepan
Vegetable peeler
Wooden spoon

Serving suggestions

Serve with some crusty bread

Why not make your own vegetable stock by bringing to the boil; 1 onion, 3 carrots, 1 parsnip and 3 celery stalks. Then simmer for 1 hour and discard the solids once cooked

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