Carrot And Red Onion Soup Recipes

CARROT AND RED ONION SOUP

Steps:

• Briefly sort through the lentils, removing any odd ones.
• Place all the ingredients into a large sauce pan, that has a lid, bring to the boil on the hob and allow it to boil for 10 minutes with the lid on. Stirring occasionally.
• Reduce the heat to the minimum and simmer for 15-20 minutes, until the lentils are thoroughly cooked and the liquid is cloudy.
• Remove from heat and allow to cool with the lid off for around 10 minutes to prevent any splashes from burning you.
• Blend the mixture in the pan with a hand blender or in batches in a jug blender.
• Serve with another grind of pepper on top and some warmed crusty bread.

CARROT-AND-RED-PEPPER SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large pot and add pepper, onion, carrots, rice and 1 teaspoon salt. Cook over medium heat, covered, until onion is very soft, about 10 minutes. Add a few grinds of pepper, the parsley, dill, orange juice, zest and the stock. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer, partially covered, until rice is cooked, about 25 minutes. Cool briefly and puree all but 1 or 2 cups of the soup. Return it to pot, reheat and season with salt and pepper.

RED LENTIL & CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Put the kettle on to boil while you finely slice the onion. Heat the oil in a medium pan, add the onion and fry for 2 mins while you slice the garlic and dice the carrots. Add them to the pan, and cook briefly over the heat.
• Pour in 1 litre of the boiling water from the kettle, stir in the lentils and stock cube, then cover the pan and cook over a medium heat for 15 mins until the lentils are tender. Take off the heat and stir in the parsley. Ladle into bowls, and scatter with extra parsley leaves, if you like.

RED PEPPER CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Broil red pepper 4 in. from the heat until skin is blistered, about 6 minutes. With tongs, rotate pepper a quarter turn. Broil and rotate until all sides are blistered and blackened. Immediately place pepper in a bowl; cover and let stand for 15-20 minutes. Peel and discard charred skin. Remove stem and seeds; set pepper aside., In a large saucepan, cook the carrots, onion and rice in butter until onion is tender. Stir in the broth, water, orange juice, dill, orange zest, salt, marjoram, thyme, rosemary, sage and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes or until carrots and rice are tender. Cool for 10 minutes. , In a blender, puree carrot mixture and roasted pepper in small batches. Return to the pan; heat through.

DEE'S ROASTED CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Stir carrots, potatoes, onion, and garlic together in a large roasting pan; drizzle with oil and sprinkle with herbes de Provence, salt, and pepper.
• Roast in the preheated oven until vegetables are tender and beginning to brown, stirring once, about 50 minutes. Remove roasted vegetables from oven; scrape vegetables and any brown bits into a large pot. Pour vegetable broth into vegetable mixture; bring to a boil.
• Blend soup until smooth with a stick blender; stir in cream to thin soup to desired consistency.

CARROT AND LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan set over high heat, bring lentils and stock/water to a boil.
• Skim off froth.
• Stir in chopped onion, garlic, seasonings and bay leaf. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer, covered.
• Dice carrots and red pepper. Stir into soup.
• Continue simmering, covered, until carrots are very tender, about 15 minutes. Lentils in soup will need a total of about 20 minutes to cook.
• Stir in red onion, coriander, lemon juice and pepper.
• Remove bay leaf. Liquidise if required.
• Serve immediately or refrigerate, covered, up to 3 days or freeze.

CARROT AND RED ONION SALAD

Steps:

• Put the carrots and onion in a medium bowl. Drizzle the olive oil and lemon juice over the vegetables. Season with salt and a pinch of red pepper flakes. Toss well to coat with the dressing. Add the cilantro and toss just to combine. Serve immediately or refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

RED CURRY CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan or stockpot.
• Add the sliced carrots (not the matchstick carrots) and ginger and sautee over medium-high heat, until the carrots are crisp-tender and lightly browned, about 6 to 7 minutes.
• Add the onion and cook until softened but not browned, about 2 minutes.
• Add the stock, water, coconut milk and curry paste to the saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer over until the carrots are tender, about 25 minutes.
• Strain out the solids, reserving the liquid; discard the ginger.
• Transfer the carrots to a blender and puree with 1 cup of the cooking liquid until very smooth.
• Return the puree to the cooking liquid.
• This can also be done with a stick blender if you have one and will be much easier- just remove the ginger and puree in the pot.
• Add the carrot matchsticks and cook until tender, about 3 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Serve hot, garnished with the scallion, cilantro and basil.
• For Vegetarian use Vegetable stock.

OVEN-ROASTED CARROTS AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a half sheet pan with parchment paper.
• Whisk oil, vinegar, parsley, basil, oregano, salt, and pepper together in a bowl with a fork. Add carrots and turn to coat. Pour carrots onto the prepared sheet pan and nestle onions and garlic between them. Drizzle any remaining oil over the onions using a spatula.
• Bake in the preheated oven until vegetables are soft and cooked through, turning after about 25 minutes, about 45 minutes total.