Category: Soup

Soups don’t have to be complicated and time consuming.  In the real-world of family food stock cubes are acceptable and a soup can be cooked in about 30 minutes. And most of that time it can be left unattended, leaving you free to get on with other tasks.

With lunch looming the fridge was virtually empty except for some carrots, an onion and a tired piece of ginger, all you need for Carrot and Ginger soup.

Ingredients

1 onion, roughly chopped
3 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped [optional]
5 carrots, peeled and cut into large chunks
6cm piece of ginger, finely chopped
1 vegetable stock-cube

Method

1. Boil the kettle.
2. Heat some oil in a saucepan and gently sauté the onion, garlic and ginger.
3. While this is softening, peel and cut up the carrots and add to the pan, along with the stock-cube.
4. Cover with boiling water and simmer until the carrots are very soft, probably about 20 minutes, depending on the size of your chunks.
5. Blitz with a hand blender to a smooth soup and add salt and pepper to taste.

Take it further

1. Start off with frying some bacon.
2. No fresh ginger? Use a tablespoon of ground ginger instead.
3. Take more care preparing the carrots and onion. Chop into small dice and serve the soup without blending.
4. Make your own vegetable stock and use this.