Carrot Potage Recipes

PUREED CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the butter and olive oil in a large, heavy soup pot over medium-low heat and add the onion. Cook, stirring, until tender, about 5 minutes. Add the carrots and 1/2 teaspoon salt, cover partially and cook for another 10 minutes, stirring often, until the vegetables are tender and fragrant. Add the rice, water or stock, salt (about 1 1/2 teaspoons), and sugar. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer 30 minutes, or until the carrots are tender and the soup is fragrant.
• Blend the soup either with a hand blender, in batches in a blender (cover the top with a towel and hold it down to avoid hot splashes), or through a food mill fitted with the fine blade. The rice should no longer be recognizable (it thickens the soup). Return to the pot. Stir and taste. Adjust salt, add a generous amount of freshly ground pepper, and heat through. If the sweetness of the carrots needs a boost, add another pinch of sugar.
• Serve, garnishing each bowl with croutons and a sprinkle of herbs.

POTAGE CRéCY (FRENCH CARROT SOUP)

Steps:

• Over medium heat, melt butter in a heavy dutch oven. Stir in the onions and cook 5 minutes, until golden.
• Add carrots, broth, tomato paste and rice. Simmer 30 minutes.
• Puree in blender in small batches until smooth. Return to pan.
• Add salt and pepper and stir in the cream. Simmer for 10 minutes.
• Stir in the softened butter and serve with two carrot curls per serving.

CARROT POTAGE

Steps:

• Melt butter and sauté onion until transparent.
• Add other ingredients, bring to boil and simmer, covered for 30 minutes.
• Blend until smooth, reheat if needed.

CREAM OF CARROT SOUP (POTAGE LORRAINE)

Steps:

• Scrape the carrots, peel the onion and cut these vegetables and the celery into chunks.
• Melt the butter in a good-sized stockpot and add the vegetables. Stir and heat in the butter until they are well coated. Add the beans and stir well.
• Bring the stock to boil in a separate pan and add to the vegetables and beans. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, for one hour or more.
• Remove from heat, let cool slightly and pass the soup through a vegetable mill, or process, little by little, in a food processor until it is a desired consistency.
• Return to the rinsed-out stockpot and bring to a slow boil. Add cream slowly.
• Serve immediately, with a pat of butter in each soup plate.