Sunny's Quick Chilled Carrot Soup

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 4 to 6 servings
  • Total: 20 min
  • Active: 20 min
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Ingredients

 Soup:

One 16-ounce bag frozen sliced carrots, thawed slightly

1 to 2 cups chicken stock

1/2 cup creme fraiche

1/2 cup frozen pearl onions, thawed slightly

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

1 tablespoon maple syrup

1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger

1/2 teaspoon hot Hungarian paprika

Pinch of nutmeg

Kosher salt

Garnish:

1/4 cup chopped pecans

Grated zest of 1 lemon

Freshly ground black pepper

Directions

  1. For the soup: In a powerful blender, add the carrots, 1 cup of the chicken stock, the creme fraiche, onions, lemon juice, maple syrup, ginger, paprika and nutmeg. Blend until smooth. If needed, add a bit more stock to loosen to the desired texture; this soup should be slightly thick. Taste and season with salt. Blend, taste again and season again if needed. Refrigerate.
  2. For the garnish: In a small dry pan over medium heat, add the pecans, lemon zest and a few grinds of black pepper. Toss and toast until the pecans become fragrant and the lemon zest shines as well.
  3. Pour the chilled soup into bowls and serve topped with the garnish. 

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Abby L.

This is a really easy and tasty soup.  I did use fresh carrots and pearl onions because I had them on hand, but it was still a quick recipe to make.  It has a nice consistency and depth of flavor.  I will definitely make it again.  [Tip for fresh pearl onions- boil for 1 minute, cool under cold water, trim the big end and squeeze from the small end...they pop right out of the skin.]

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