Cold Carrot And Mace Soup With Curried Barbecued Shrimp Recipes

CURRIED CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat medium pot over medium high heat. Add olive oil, butter, onions and carrots and saute 5 minutes. Add 4 cups chicken stock, curry and cayenne, and about 1 teaspoon salt to the pot. Bring to a boil, cover and cook until carrots are very tender, about 15 minutes. Place pot on a trivet next to food processor. Process soup in 2 or 3 small batches until soup is smooth and carrots are fully pureed. Transfer processed soup into a large bowl as you work to make room for more soup in the food processor. Return completed soup to the soup pot and place back over low heat. If the soup is too thick, add remaining stock, up to 2 cups, to achieve desired consistency. Adjust seasonings. Place sour cream in a plastic condiment squeeze bottle or into a medium food storage bag. Cut a very small hole in the corner of the bag with scissors. Ladle soup into bowls and squirt a swirl of sour cream around the bowl from the center out to the rim. Drag a toothpick from the center of the bowls out to the edges, forming a spider web design on soup. Pile a few pieces of cut chives at the center of each bowl to resemble green spiders in their webs! Cool!

CURRY SHRIMP AND RICE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, heat butter over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender, 4-5 minutes. Add broth, potatoes, corn, coconut milk, bamboo shoots, curry powder, chili paste if desired, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, until flavors have blended, 12-15 minutes, stirring occasionally., Add shrimp; heat through. Prepare rice according to package directions; serve with curry. Sprinkle with additional curry powder. If desired, serve with lime wedges and basil.

COLD CARROT-AND-MACE SOUP WITH CURRIED BARBECUED SHRIMP

Steps:

• Place all the soup ingredients except the coconut milk and basil in a pot over medium heat. Bring to a boil and simmer for 35 to 45 minutes, until the carrots are tender. Cool. Stir in the coconut milk and place in a blender or food processor and process to make a fine puree. Chill.
• Toss together all the salad ingredients and marinate in the refrigerator for 2 to 8 hours, turning occasionally. Grill shrimps over white coals about 6 minutes per side. Cool. Peel and devein the shrimps and slice in half lengthwise.
• Ladle the soup into 6 bowls, add a few shrimps and garnish with the minced basil.

GRILLED CURRIED SHRIMP

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine oil, salt, sugar, curry powder, and paprika. Add shrimp; toss until well coated. Place in refrigerator; let marinate 1 hour.
• Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Remove shrimp from refrigerator; letting excess marinade drip into bowl, transfer shrimp to grill pan, working in batches, if necessary.
• Grill until shrimp are opaque and slightly browned on the outside, about 2 minutes on each side. Transfer to a platter; serve hot with chutney.

CURRIED CARROT AND COCONUT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the butter until the foam subsides. Add the diced chopped onions, sprinkle with salt, stir to coat with butter. Add the chopped carrots along with the spices. Stir and cook until softened, about 10 minutes.
• Add the stock; there should be enough to cover the vegetables. Bring the pot to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and continue cooking until the carrots are cooked through, about 10 to 15 minutes.
• If you have an immersion blender, purée the soup in the pot. If not, wait until the soup cools slightly, and purée in a food processor. Add enough coconut milk (and a little more stock or water if necessary) to bring the soup to the consistency you want. Adjust the seasoning (depending on the stock you use, you may need more or less salt), and lime juice to taste. Garnish and serve.

SHRIMP CURRY SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Toss sweet pototoes in 2 tablespoons of melted butter, cover and bake for 30 minutes.
• In 4-quart, heavy bottomed pan, heat 1/4 cup butter over medium heat. Add onion & carrots, stir, cover and cook 15 mins,.
• Add garlic, ginger, chillies and curry, cook one minute.
• Add roasted sweet potatoes, apples and stock, bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer and cook uncovered for 20-30 minute.
• Cool. Puree soup in blender in batches. Whisk in coconut milk. (Soup may be prepared ahead to this point).
• Re-warm soup over low heat. Season with salt, pepper and cidar vinegar.
• In a skillet, saute shrimp in remaining butter. Add shrimp along with orange zest, cilantro, and raisins to soup. Keep warm.
• Fold mango chutney into whipped cream and reserve.
• Ladle soup into serving bowls, spoon a dollop of cream in center and sprinkle with toasted coconut (if desired).
• Serve immediately.

COLD CURRIED CARROT AND COCONUT MILK SOUP

Steps:

• In a large heavy saucepan cook chopped scallion, onion, and gingerroot in butter with curry powder and salt and pepper to taste over moderately low heat until softened and add carrots and broth. Simmer mixture, covered, 20 minutes, or until carrots are very soft.
• In a blender purée mixture in batches with coconut milk until very smooth, transferring as puréed to a bowl. Stir in 1 tablespoon lime juice and chill soup at least 6 hour or overnight.
• Thin soup with ice water and season with additional lime juice and salt and pepper.
• Garnish soup with trimmed scallions.