Carrot Soup With Orange Tarragon Recipes

CARROT-ORANGE SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat and cook carrots, onions, and ginger until softened, about 5 minutes. Dust with flour and cook and stir for 2 minutes. Add broth, cover, and simmer until carrots are soft, 15 to 20 minutes. Season with sea salt and white pepper.
• Puree carrot soup with an immersion blender until smooth.
• Zest 1 orange until you get about 1 teaspoon zest. Juice both oranges.
• Stir orange juice and creme fraiche into the soup and heat over medium-low heat, but do not boil. Stir in orange zest and season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with pistachios.

CARROT SOUP WITH ORANGE AND TARRAGON

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add carrots and onion; sauté until onion is soft, about 8 minutes. Add broth; cover and bring to boil. Reduce heat, uncover, and simmer until carrots are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Working in batches, puree soup in blender until very smooth. Return soup to pot. Stir in orange juice, brandy, and chopped tarragon. Simmer 5 minutes for flavors to blend. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Garnish soup with tarragon sprigs and serve.

ORANGE-GINGER CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Peel and thinly slice the carrots. Finely chop the onion. Peel and chop the garlic cloves. In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add carrots, onion, garlic, and ginger and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is golden, 6 to 8 minutes. Meanwhile grate the orange to yield 2 teaspoon grated zest. Juice orange to yield 1/2 cup orange juice.
• Add chicken stock, orange zest, and bay leaf to cooking vegetables. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until carrots are tender about 20 minutes.
• In a food processor or blender, puree soup in batches until smooth; return to saucepan. Stir in orange juice and season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until heated through, 2 to 3 minutes. Mince cilantro or parsley to yield 2 tablespoons. Garnish each soup bowl with a dollop of sour cream or yogurt and sprinkling of cilantro and serve.

CARROT AND TARRAGON SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large saucepan over moderate heat.
• Add the olive oil, onion and garlic and saute for a few minutes.
• Add the carrot to the pan and toss together until well coated.
• Add the lengths of fresh tarragon and toss together.
• Add a little salt and pepper, lower the heat and cover the vegetables with a piece of buttered wax paper or parchment paper.
• Press it down on top of the vegetables.
• Cover and let the vegetables cook over low heat for about 10 minutes.
• Remove the lid and the paper, add the broth and bring to a boil.
• Cook vegetables until soft.
• Remove and discard the tarragon stems.
• Using a hand-held blender or regular blender or food processor, blend the vegetables to a puree.
• When smooth, add the cream and reheat until quite hot.
• Serve with a little fresh tarragon for garnish.

PARSNIP AND CARROT SOUP WITH TARRAGON

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy soup pot over medium heat and add the onion, leek and a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring, until tender, about 5 minutes. Add the carrots, parsnips and a generous pinch of salt, cover partially and cook for another 5 to 10 minutes, stirring often, until the vegetables are tender and fragrant. Add the potatoes, water or stock, salt to taste, and the bouquet garni. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer 45 minutes, or until the vegetables are very tender and the soup is fragrant. Remove and discard the bouquet garni.
• Blend the soup 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 soup should be very smooth. Return to the pot. Stir and taste. Adjust salt, add freshly ground pepper, and heat through. Serve in small bowls or espresso cups with a drizzle of yogurt swirled over the top and a sprinkling of tarragon.

SUMMER CARROT, TARRAGON & WHITE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil over a medium heat in a large pan and fry the leeks and carrots for 5 mins to soften.
• Pour over the stock, stir in the garlic, the beans with their liquid, and three-quarters of the tarragon, then cover and simmer for 15 mins or until the veg is just tender. Stir in the remaining tarragon before serving.