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Carrot, Cardamom & Blood Orange Soup
Early-season blood orange and fragrant cardamom bring out the best in earthily sweet winter carrots in this gorgeous golden soup.
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Ingredients
- 1 onion
- 500g carrots
- 1 blood orange
- 4 cardamom pods
- A handful of thyme
- 1 vegetable stock cube
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Sea salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 800ml boiling water
Prep: 15 mins | Cook: 25 mins
Method
1. Peel and finely chop the onion. Trim the carrots, scrub and finely chop them. Warm a pan for 1 min, then add 1 tbsp oil and the chopped veg. Season with salt and pepper. Turn the heat down very low and put on the lid. Gently sweat the veg for 15 mins till they’ve softened.
2. While the veg sweat, zest the orange and juice it. Crush 4 cardamom pods with a pestle or the end of a rolling pin. Discard the papery skins but keep the seeds.
3. Stir most of the orange zest into the veg with the cardamom seeds. Add most of the thyme sprigs. Crumble in the stock cube, then pour in 800ml boiling water. Cover. Turn up the heat and bring to the boil. Turn the heat down and simmer for 10 mins till the veg are soft.
4. Fish out the thyme sprigs. Ladle the soup into a blender and blitz, or use a hand-held blender in the pan. When the soup is smooth, swirl in half the blood orange juice. Taste and add more salt, pepper or orange juice if it needs it. Ladle into warm bowls and top with the remaining orange zest and thyme leaves to serve.
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£3.75(37.5p per 100g)
First of the season will be lighter inside - blush will deepen throughout the season. Unwaxed -
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Vickyei
I often make carrot and orange soup so thought I would try this twist. Tastes very good and of course, simple to make. Not quite sure if I can taste the cardomom but the pods I was using weren't the freshest... And I use the Organic Marigold stock powder as I don't care for stock cubes plus it is reduced salt. Shame that A&C don't stock it as it can be awkward to get hold of.