Delicious Carrot And Tomato Soup Recipes

CREAMY CARROT TOMATO SOUP: COMFORT FOOD AT IT'S FINEST!

Steps:

• Place sliced carrots, 2Tablespoons butter and 1 tablespoon olive oil in large stock pot and sauté on medium heat for 10 minutes.
• Add chopped onions and another tablespoon olive oil and sauté for five more minutes. Vegetables should now be soft.
• Add minced garlic, sugar, Herbs de Provence and tomatoes.
• Cut the rind off a Parmesan wedge, place rind in center of soup mixture. The rind will not dissolve and will be removed later.
• Cover and allow to simmer for 25 minutes.
• Remove rind with a large spoon and discard.
• Place tomato carrot mixture in blender or use a hand blender to blend till smooth. Depending on the size of your blender, you may need to divide to blend.
• Place a screen colander over large bowl.
• Using a soup ladle scoop three ladlefuls of soup into screen colander, then use the back of the ladle to push soup through the screen, straining out all the skin and seeds. Do not skip this step!
• Discard the solids and repeat till all soup is strained. Return strained soup to pot, add cream, cayenne pepper and remaining butter, reheat.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• To serve: pour into bowls and top with Parmesan and crispy onions (the onions are not gluten free)

CARROT & TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Put the oil, onions and celery in your largest saucepan and cook gently until softened. Add the carrots and potatoes for a few mins, then add all the remaining ingredients, apart from the milk, with 1 litre water. Bring to a simmer. Cover and simmer for 30 mins, then uncover and simmer for 20-30 mins.
• Fish out the bay leaves and whizz the soup with a hand blender. Add the milk and as much water as you need. Season to taste, warm through and serve with the Cheesy hot cross buns (see 'goes well with'). Can be made and chilled up to 2 days ahead - or freeze for 1 month, then reheat gently.

CREAMY CARROT & TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in carrots, chicken broth, basil and parsley. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until carrots are tender, 10-12 minutes. Stir in tomato juice. Pulse mixture in a blender until smooth., In another large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in flour until smooth; gradually whisk in tomato mixture, salt and pepper., Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir until slightly thickened, 5-7 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in yogurt until blended. If desired, top with additional yogurt and basil., Freeze option: Before stirring in yogurt, cool soup; freeze in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a large saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally; add broth or water if necessary. Stir in 1/2 cup Greek yogurt and, if desired, add toppings before serving.

CHILLED CARROT AND TOMATO-MINT SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place carrots and tomatoes in a large roasting dish. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon olive oil and season with kosher salt.
• Roast in the preheated oven until tender, about 30 minutes.
• While vegetables are roasting, heat remaining tablespoon olive oil in a stockpot over medium heat. Add onion and cook until softened and translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Add celery and cook until softened, making sure onions do not burn, about 4 minutes. Pour in vegetable broth. Reduce heat to low and keep warm.
• Remove vegetables from the oven; add tomatoes directly to simmering broth. Let carrots cool for 5 minutes.
• Coarsely chop carrots and add to simmering broth. Season with additional kosher salt. Bring soup to a boil, reduce heat, and let simmer to intermingle flavors, about 20 minutes.
• Carefully transfer soup to a large blender, working in batches if necessary. Add 1/4 cup mint. Cover blender and hold lid down with a potholder. Pulse a few times before leaving on to blend to a fine, smooth consistency. Transfer soup to a large serving bowl or container.
• Chill soup in the refrigerator thoroughly, at least 2 hours. Garnish with 1 teaspoon mint leaves and a swirl of table cream before serving.

ROASTED CARROT AND TOMATO-BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Line pan with sides with cooking parchment paper; spray with cooking spray. Spread carrots, onions and garlic evenly in pan. Drizzle with oil; mix to coat. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon salt and the pepper. Roast 25 to 30 minutes, turning occasionally, until vegetables are tender and slightly brown. Cool 10 minutes.
• Working in batches, add half the vegetables with 1 can of the drained tomatoes to blender or food processor. Puree until smooth or desired consistency. Pour into 4-quart Dutch oven. Repeat with remaining vegetables and tomatoes. Stir in reserved juices, the basil, remaining salt and the yogurt. Simmer about 10 minutes or until hot. Divide among 6 bowls. Serve with crackers.

ROASTED CARROT AND TOMATO SOUP WITH BASIL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Spray large rimmed baking sheet with nonstick spray. Arrange onion, tomatoes, carrots and garlic cloves on prepared baking sheet. Drizzle with oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast until vegetables are tender and brown, turning occasionally, about 55 minutes. Cool slightly. Peel garlic cloves. Transfer vegetables to large bowl (do not clean baking sheet).
• Add 1 cup water to baking sheet, scraping up browned bits; add to blender, then add half of vegetables and puree until smooth. Transfer to large saucepan. Add remaining vegetables and 1 1/2 cups water to blender and puree. Transfer to same saucepan. Gradually add enough milk to soup to thin to desired consistency. Stir in 1/4 cup basil. Simmer 10 minutes to blend flavors. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be made 6 hours ahead. Cover; chill. Bring to simmer before continuing.)
• Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup basil and serve.

CARROT AND TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Peel and finely chop the onion. Chop the carrot and potato into small cubes. Wash and chop the tomatoes and peel and crush the garlic.

CREAMY TOMATO-CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• In 2-quart saucepan, mix soup and carrot purée. Heat over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until hot. Top each serving with crackers.