Pumpkin Carrot And Lovage Soup Recipes

PUMPKIN AND CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Fill a pot with water and place on high heat (OPTIONAL: add a chicken stock cube to the water).
• Once water is boiling, reduce heat and add all of the chopped vegetables.
• Cook vegetables until tender.
• Using a slotted spoon, move cooked vegetables from pot into a blender with 20ml of the cooking liquid.
• Blend the vegetables and continue to add water until the soup reaches the desired consistency.
• Serve with salt, pepper, nutmeg and a dollop of creme fraiche.

PUMPKIN, CARROT AND LOVAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Cook onion in olive oil until softened.
• Add pumpkin and carrots; continue to cook for about 5 minutes more.
• Stir in the lovage or parsley, bay leaves, and stock; bring to a boil and simmer, covered, for 30 minutes or until all veges are tender.
• Allow soup to cool slightly, then remove bay leaves.
• Blend in blender or with a stick-blender until smooth.
• Return soup to the pan.
• Thin slightly with more stock if too thick.
• Check seasoning, and serve with a generous swirl of cream.

POTATO AND LOVAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan begin by cooking your bacon slowly, until crisp. Remove bacon to a side dish and crumble it when cooled.
• In the bacon grease add your chopped onion and sauté till translucent. Now remove your onion to the bacon dish.
• Add your cubed potatoes to the remaining grease. Add the butter if the bacon grease is not sufficient. Sauté until the potato cubes are a little golden but not cooked all the way through.
• Now add your bacon, onions, bay leaves, chicken stock, and salt and pepper. Cook this until your potatoes are thoroughly cooked, about 15-20 minutes.
• Then add your chopped lovage and cook for 10 more minutes or until lovage is tender.
• Finally add your milk and bring back to temperature without boiling or the milk may curdle.
• For a creamier consistency take an immersion blender and partially blend the soup, leaving about 50% of the potatoes whole. Add lovage leaves or fresh parsley for garnish. Serve.

" THE BOMB" PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in large, leavy pot over medium-high heat.
• Add carrots and next 6 ingredients and sauté until vegetables are softened, about 10 minutes. Discard bay leaf.
• Transfer mixture to processor and blend until smooth. Return mixture to pot.
• Add stock and all remaining ingredients. Boil soup over medium-high head to blend flavours, about 15 minutes. Cool slightly.
• Working in batches, puree soup in blender until smooth. Return soup to pot. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Bring soup to simmer.
• Divide among serving bowls, and sprinkle with roasted Pumpkin seeds that have been hulled or roasted peanuts.
• This is so very yummy!

ROASTED PUMPKIN, SWEET POTATO, AND CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place carrots in a large roasting dish big enough to hold all the root vegetables. Drizzle with olive oil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, toss sweet potato with 1/4 tablespoon warm sunflower oil for 2 minutes to give it color. Add pumpkin and toss for 30 seconds. Add to carrots and roast until all vegetables are softened and the color has intensified, about 40 minutes.
• While vegetables are roasting, heat remaining 1/4 tablespoon sunflower oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook for 2 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 more minute. Stir in cumin, turmeric, and harissa; cook for 1 minute.
• Remove vegetables from the oven and add to the pot. Pour in vegetable broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are soft, about 10 minutes. Puree with an immersion blender to desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper.
• Sprinkle with cilantro to serve.

OLD FASHIONED LOVAGE AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute the chopped onion in olive oil until translucent; then add the cubed potatoes and mix together.
• Add the stock and milk, simmering until the potatoes are nearly tender.
• When potatoes are soft,add the lovage and liquidise the soup, adding further stock or milk if a thinner consistency is required.
• Check the seasoning and add salt and pepper to taste.
• Return to the saucepan and heat through gently - do NOT allow the soup to boil.
• Serve hot and garnish with the remaining lovage and crusty bread and butter or bread rolls.
• This travels very well in a thermos flask for a warming picnic soup.