Soup is such a comfort on a cold evening!
By adding potatoes to the soup you don’t need to use as much cream to get a smooth creamy consistency and I swear it fills my boys more.
I always make this quantity and freeze half for another day.
Serves 12.
Ingredients
2 tablespoons olive oil
1.5 kg carrots, peeled and chopped into discs
2 onions, diced
2 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
4 cloves garlic, peeled and roughly chopped
1-2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
1.8litres chicken or vegetable stock
200mls cream
salt and pepper
Method
In a large pan or stock pot, heat the oil over a medium heat and add the carrots, onions and potatoes, stir well and cover to allow the vegetables to sweat.
Once the onion is cooked add the garlic and thyme leaves and cook for 2 mins, stirring regularly so the vegetables don’t catch on the base of the pan.
Pour in the stock and bring up to a simmer.
Simmer until all of the vegetables are cooked.
Take the pan off the heat and using a stick blender, process the soup until smooth.
Add the cream, season and reheat gently.
Serve with a few thyme leaves sprinkled over.
Love this! I love adding potatoes or other root vegetables like taro to soups for thickening too! It gives it a silky smoothness that works somewhat better than cream does! Yum 🙂
Thanks Brendon! 🙂 Ros
Looks great!!
Thanks Rati 🙂 Ros
This looks like a wonderful recipe! I will definitely try it. Thanks 🙂
Thanks moody7foodie, hope you enjoy it! 🙂 Ros
Ooh, yum. I have a kilo of carrots waiting for me in the fridge. This sounds delicious! At first I was thinking, how is it cold in August?! Then I remembered reading your “about” and you’re in Australia. Hope it’s not too cold!
Hi Hayley, it’s evening here and the temperature is dropping however, I’ve got the wood burner going full blast so lovely and cosy inside, perfect soup weather! 🙂 Ros
so pretty!
Thanks greenmindvegheart! 🙂 Ros
I will be trying this for sure. I love anything that I can make in batches and freeze….. Looks fantastic.
Thanks Cook Beautiful, I never make small batches! 🙂 Ros
Love the use of Thyme and garlic! This is so good!
Thanks Lynz! 🙂 Ros
Very different!
Thanks for the ping back Moodie Foodie! 🙂 Ros