Purple Carrot Soup Recipes

PURPLE CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a pot over medium heat and cook celery, shallot, ginger, and garlic until fragrant, about 5 minutes. Add carrots and potatoes; mix to combine. Pour in 3 cups vegetable broth and slowly bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until carrots and potatoes are soft, about 15 minutes.
• Puree soup with an immersion blender until smooth, adding enough remaining broth to reach the desired consistency.
• Garnish with pistachio nuts and sour cream.

PUREED CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a saucepan. Cook onions, covered until soft. Stir in curry powder. Add carrots and broth; bring to a simmer and cook for 20 minutes or until carrots are very tender. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Puree in food processor or blender with orange rind and juice.
• Return soup to saucepan (boil down if too thin; add water if too thick); adjust seasoning. Portion soup into bowls and garnish with a dab of sour cream and a sprinkling of scallion.

CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Add all the ingredients to a stock pot and cover by about 2 inches with the chicken stock. Cook until the potatoes and carrots are soft and puree in a blender or food processor. Serve with lots of freshly ground black pepper, spoon of creme fraiche and some crusty bread.

PUREED CARROT SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the butter and olive oil in a large, heavy soup pot over medium-low heat and add the onion. Cook, stirring, until tender, about 5 minutes. Add the carrots and 1/2 teaspoon salt, cover partially and cook for another 10 minutes, stirring often, until the vegetables are tender and fragrant. Add the rice, water or stock, salt (about 1 1/2 teaspoons), and sugar. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer 30 minutes, or until the carrots are tender and the soup is fragrant.
• Blend the soup either with a hand blender, in batches in a blender (cover the top with a towel and hold it down to avoid hot splashes), or through a food mill fitted with the fine blade. The rice should no longer be recognizable (it thickens the soup). Return to the pot. Stir and taste. Adjust salt, add a generous amount of freshly ground pepper, and heat through. If the sweetness of the carrots needs a boost, add another pinch of sugar.
• Serve, garnishing each bowl with croutons and a sprinkle of herbs.

PURPLE CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with butter.
• Combine grated carrots, brown sugar sugar, white sugar, and lemon zest in a bowl. Toss to coat and allow the natural juices to come out. Set aside.
• Mix flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a separate bowl.
• Whisk eggs, applesauce, oil, and vanilla extract together in a large bowl. Add flour mixture 1/4 cup at a time, mixing until just combined. Fold in carrot-sugar mixture with all the juice that has accumulated. Add food coloring. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.
• Cool cake on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges of the pan to loosen. Invert cake carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool completely.