Carrot and coriander soup
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 4
Ingredients
- 450g carrots, roughly sliced
- ÃÂÃÂÃÂý tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp ground coriander
- 250ml orange juice
- 600ml vegetable stock (just to cover)
- Bunch coriander (chopped)
- Cream to garnish
- 4 slices slightly stale white bread
- Drizzle oil
Method
- STEP 1Heat the oil in pan and gently sweat the onion, without colouring, for 3-4 minutes.
- STEP 2Stir in the cumin and coriander
- STEP 3Add carrots and cook for 1 minute
- STEP 4Add stock and orange juice to cover, then boil until carrots are soft (roughly 20 mins)
- STEP 5While the carrots are cooking, remove the crusts from the bread and cut into small cubes. Put the cubes into an oven tray and drizzle over amount of oil, tossing to coat. Sprinkle with salt and put into oven for roughly 10 minutes or until golden at gas mark 6. Remove onto some kitchen paper and leave to cool
- STEP 6Add the chopped coriander (keeping a little for garnish) and blitz with a hand blender until smooth.
- STEP 7Ladle into bowls, drizzle around the cream and sprinkle the coriander and croutons