Padstow Christmas Festival

5th to 8th December 2019

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Michael Caines’ curried carrot soup

By Michael Caines, Lympstone Manor.

Download recipe.

Ingredients

  • 150g onions, chopped
  • 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and lightly crushed
  • 500g carrots, peeled and chopped small
  • 150g unsalted butter
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • A large pinch of Madras curry powder
  • 300ml chicken stock
  • 500ml water
  • 1 bouquet garni (parsley stalks, coriander stalks, thyme, bay leaf, celery and leek, tied with a string)
  • Fresh coriander leaves

Method

  1. Cook the onion, garlic and carrots gently in a saucepan with a pinch of salt with the butter, without colouring, for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, toast the cumin seeds in a dry pan.

  2. Add the toasted cumin and Madras curry powder to the vegetables and cook for a further 2 minutes, then add the chicken stock, water and bouquet garni.

  3. Bring to the boil and add a little salt, then reduce to a simmer and leave to cook slowly for 30 minutes.

  4. Transfer to a blender and blend to a fine purée, then pass through a seive and return it to a clear pan. Check the seasoning and serve sprinkled with freshly chopped coriander leaves.

Related Recipes:

Stuart Pate’s smashed liquorice meringues with berries and chocolate cream Fergus Coyle’s Mussel Masala with coconut, ginger and green chillies Nigel Haworth’s newspaper wrapped treacle salmon, spring onion, pickled ginger, coriander
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