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This beautiful and delicious soup is served at The Kinloch Lodge Hotel.
Ingredients
Makes 4 Servings
Step 1
Melt butter in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion; sauté 4 minutes. Add ginger and garlic; sauté 2 minutes. Add chopped carrots, tomatoes and lemon peel; sauté 1 minute. Add 3 cups stock and bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover partially and simmer until carrots are very tender, about 20 minutes. Cool slightly.
Step 2
Puree soup in batches in blender. Return soup to pot. Mix in lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.)
Step 3
Bring soup to simmer, thinning with more stock, if desired. Ladle into bowls. Top each with sour cream and grated carrot.
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Reviews (251)
Back to TopLove this soup! I add a little curry powder to add a little spice. What’s the nutritional value of this soup?
Trnuptherock
DC area
11/12/2022
I've made this many times over the last few years. Like someone posted below, it really is like a warm hug on a cold day. It's a cold day here. I am going to make it. Smooth, zesty. and comforting it really hits the spot.
Anonymous
SF, CA
12/7/2021
Delicious, easy, healthy. I've been making this for years.
Anonymous
New York, NY
3/21/2020
My fave carrot soup recipe by far and low in calories too! I've made this soup at least 50 times exactly as the recipe is written. I love it and so do my guests. CRMESI--3 days ahead is fine.
susandenner
Highland Beach, FL
12/1/2019
I wanted to make this 3 days ahead. Is that really too far ahead as the recipe says only 1 day ahead? What would happen?
crmesi
11/27/2019
I replaced sour cream with coconut milk (and skipped lemon juice and tomatoes) Delicious!
ccernosia
California
10/29/2019
Wow, this soup hits the spot. Delicious & filling. I pulled up this recipe for lunch on my first day of a liquid diet. I substituted for a couple ingredients I didn't have on hand: Hot & Spicy V8 juice instead of tomatoes, dash of ground ginger instead of grated fresh, splash of heavy cream instead of sour cream. The V8 gave it a fantastic little kick. Adding this recipe to my soup arsenal.
Ailina
Louisiana
4/29/2018
Low calorie and rather delicious. I will be omitting the tomatoes next time though. My guy agreed the flavor of them was out of place.
bezdeche
Wabasha, MN
3/22/2018
Even though it's summer time, I made this soup today using rainbow carrots from my garden. I caramelized the onion and carrots for over an hour, then followed the recipe. I added some hot pepper flakes for a dash of heat. I simmered it at the end for about 45 minutes. It is delicious!
MartaPDX
Portland Oregon
8/22/2017
Just made it. I added a bulb of fennel and a pinch of cayenne pepper, very good.
daishamy
Punta Gorda,Florida
4/1/2017
This is a very nice carrot soup recipe...I added a little extra ginger and I used vegetable stock instead of chicken. I had doubled the Recipe and I added about a cup of light cream at the end..and a tad of hot sauce... I will make this again as I felt the lemon zest and juice added gave it just a little something special! Great recipe!
Anonymous
Calgary Alberta
3/30/2017
I thought this was good but a little too lemony. Next time I would add half the amount of lemon juice. I also like a bit of a kick so I added some hot chile powder to it. Just a touch and it spiced it up a bit. I would make it again.
barbaravitanza
New Jersey
3/12/2017
Bummer. I really wanted to like this one. But it turned out looking like a cross between baby food and cat barf......not appealing at all. I would have preferred the raw carrots. But so many others loved it, probably worth a try! It wasn't for me. I followed the recipe without variations.
Anonymous
Pittsburgh
1/27/2017
The calories HAVE to be wrong!
connieleair
11/27/2016
Perfect winter soup! I made some tweaks because I didn't have butter at home (used garlic butter instead) and my nan is vegetarian so I used veg stock rather then chicken broth. It's gorgeous, it's smooth, perfectly zesty. Like a warm hug on a winter evening. It's already become a family favourite
shruti_dutta
New Delhi, India
11/20/2016