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Carrot Soup with Ginger and Lemon

Carrot Soup with Ginger and Lemon

This beautiful and delicious soup is served at The Kinloch Lodge Hotel.

Ingredients

Makes 4 Servings

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
1 1/2 cups chopped onion
1 tablespoon finely chopped peeled fresh ginger
1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 1/4 pounds medium carrots, peeled, chopped (about 3 cups)
2 tomatoes, seeded, chopped (about 1 1/3 cups)
1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
3 cups (or more) chicken stock or canned low-salt broth
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
4 tablespoons sour cream
1 small carrot, peeled, grated
  1. 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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  • Love 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

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