Carrot Fennel And Red Lentil Soup Recipes

CARROT, FENNEL AND LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in stockpot over medium-high heat.
• Saute shallots, fennel, and carrots until shallots are translucent.
• Add white wine and cook over medium heat until mostly absorbed.
• Add tomato, kale, broth, lentils, rice and herbs. Bring to boil.
• Reduce heat and cover, simmering about 55 minutes until lentils and rice are cooked.
• Stir in vinegar, season to taste. Enjoy!

FENNEL AND CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a heavy pot over medium heat. Add fennel, carrots, celery, leeks, thyme, and bay leaf. Season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables soften but do not brown, 30 to 45 minutes.
• Pour broth into the pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until all of the vegetables are cooked, about 10 minutes. Remove the thyme stems and bay leaf. Puree soup using an immersion blender.

FENNEL CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add fennel; cook and stir 2-3 minutes or until lightly toasted. Add carrots, sweet potato and apple; cook and stir 5 minutes longer. , Stir in broth, rice, bay leaf and curry powder; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 30 minutes or until vegetables and rice are soft. , Remove from heat; cool slightly. Discard bay leaf. Process in batches in a blender until smooth; return to pan. Stir in lemon juice, salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat 5 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally. Sprinkle with parsley.

RED LENTIL AND CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• In a 4-quart saucepan bring lentils and water to a boil and skim froth. Stir in onion, garlic, ground coriander, cumin, and turmeric and simmer, partially covered, 15 minutes. Stir in carrots and bell pepper and simmer until carrots are tender, about 10 minutes. Soup may be prepared up to this point 3 days ahead, cooled, uncovered, and chilled, covered.
• Stir in coriander, scallion greens, cayenne, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve soup garnished with coriander sprigs.

CARROT, FENNEL AND RED LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• You'll need a mortar and pestle, a food processor, or clean coffee grinder. Otherwise, substitute pre-ground coriander, cumin, and black pepper and use the brown mustard whole. Heat up a soup pot on medium heat with the sunflower oil. Add the fennel bulb, carrots, and leeks and simmer, stirring occasionally until soft-about 12 to 15 minutes. While cooking, peel outer layers of lemongrass, and finely chop the tender base of the stalks. Grate ginger and turmeric, and finely chop the bird's eye chilies. Stir in lemongrass, ginger, turmeric and chilies and cook for 2 minutes. Add lentils and water, bring flame to high and bring to a boil. Drop flame to a simmer, and cook for 15 minutes. While soup is cooking, prepare the spice mixture. Heat a small skillet on medium flame. Add coriander seeds and gently agitate pan until you can smell them (1-3 minutes). Transfer them to a mortar and pestle or food processor, and return pan to burner. Do the same for the cumin, mustard, and black peppercorns, toasting each separately. Add fenugreek powder for a few seconds, and add along with salt to the mix. Grind 'em up, and toss in with garlic to soup when the 30 minutes are up. Cook for 15 more minutes and add lemon juice. Salt to taste. Serve soup topped with cilantro. A lemon wedge on the side is good. This soup is also surprisingly good at room temperature.

FENNEL AND CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Trim tops& bottoms of fennel bulbs.
• Save a few green fronds& chop for garnish.
• Thinly slice bulbs, you should have about 4 cups sliced fennel.
• In large saucepan, saute sliced fennel, onions, carrots in the olive oil until tender, about 20 minutes.
• Add chicken broth, cover& bring to a simmer about 20-25 minutes until veggies are tender.
• Remove from heat& puree with an immersion blender right in saucepan or in a food processor or add to a blender.
• May take a couple of batches.
• Transfer each batch to a clean saucepan.
• Serve with sprinkle of chopped fennel fronds& cracked black pepper.

CARROT-AND-FENNEL SOUP

Steps:

• In a 3-quart heavy saucepan, over medium heat, melt the butter until foamy. Add the fennel slices and cook, stirring, until softened. Add the carrots and garlic and cook another minute. Pour in 6 cups of water and season with salt. Simmer, covered, until the carrots are very tender, about 20 minutes.
• Remove the soup from the heat and stir in the orange juice, sour cream and reserved fennel fronds. Use the back of a spoon to mash some of the carrots and fennel, but leave the soup chunky. Season with salt and pepper.

FRENCH LENTIL AND CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Combine the first 7 ingredients in a 5- or 6-qt. slow cooker; cover. Cook on low 6-8 hours or until lentils are tender., Stir in chicken and cream. Cover and continue cooking until heated through, about 15 minutes.

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.