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Carrot and Caraway Soup

  • Prep Time

    20 minutes

  • Total Time

    55 minutes

A beautiful bright orange, this soup has the sweetness of carrots and the aromatic nuttiness of caraway.

Ingredients

Makes 2 servings

1 tablespoon butter
1 onion, chopped
12 ounces carrots, peeled, sliced
1 teaspoon caraway seeds, crushed in mortar with pestle
1 14-ounce can (or more) low-salt chicken broth
2 tablespoons aquavit*
Chopped fresh parsley
*A Scandinavian caraway-seed-flavored liqueur; available at some liquor stores and specialty foods stores.
  1. Step 1

    Melt butter in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and sauté 1 minute. Add carrots and sauté until onion is tender, about 8 minutes. Add caraway and cook 30 seconds. Add 1 can broth. Cover and simmer until carrots are tender, about 35 minutes.

    Step 2

    Transfer soup to processor; puree. Season to taste with salt and pepper.Do aheadCan be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.

    Step 3

    Return soup to saucepan and bring to simmer, thinning with more broth if too thick. Mix in aquavit. Ladle into bowls. Garnish with parsley and serve.

Nutrition Per Serving

Nutritional analysis per serving: 180 calories
6.5 g fat (3.6 g saturated fat)
20.2 mg cholesterol
24.7 g carbs
5.4 g dietary fiber
15.3 g total sugars
19.3 g net carbs
3.4 g protein
#### Nutritional analysis provided by Self
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  • Very good soup just as written. The only change I made was to toast the caraway seeds after crushing.

    • karenfar

    • Huntington Beach, CA

    • 5/6/2009

  • Very nice and easy. I added a sprinkle of cinnamon and a splash of pure maple syrup. Yum! Very autumnal and light. Served with hummus and pita. Great meal.

    • Anonymous

    • Los Angeles

    • 10/3/2008

  • Great

    • april2345

    • Boston, MA

    • 3/14/2007

  • 这汤很精彩!也许是因为我doubts about carrot soup, my pleasure at its good taste surprised me. It's simple and easy to make. The caraway added complexity of flavor. I served it along side the pistachio pesto chicken. I think I would double to recipe next time, because the four of us only had enough to fill half coffee mugs each.

    • dbrenton

    • Crystal, MN

    • 12/17/2006

  • This was a great soup - altho I have to admit I modified it some. I added 1# butternut squash and cooked with carrots, increasing broth to 3-1/4 c. I didn't use aquavit. Anyway, it was great for a light and healthy fall supper.

    • kansasun

    • highland Park IL

    • 10/26/2006

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