Spiced Carrot-Apple Soup with Fresh Mint

A warming soup that combines sweet carrots and Fuji apples with aromatic spices and fresh ginger, finished with a refreshing mint garnish. This elegant puréed soup balances savory and sweet flavors.

6 servings
35 min

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons chicken fat or olive oil
  • cups white onion
  • pounds carrots
  • cups low-salt chicken broth
  • ¾ cup fuji apple
  • 2 teaspoons fresh ginger
  • tablespoons frozen apple juice concentrate
  • ¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1 to taste coarse kosher salt
  • 2 tablespoons fresh mint

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1.

    Heat chicken fat in large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion; sauté 2 minutes. Add all carrots, broth, 3/4 cup apple, and ginger; bring to boil. Cover. Reduce heat; simmer until carrots are tender, about 20 minutes. Remove carrot halves; dice finely. Puree soup in batches in blender; return to pan. Mix in apple juice and spices. Season with coarse salt and pepper.

    30 min

  2. 2.

    Ladle soup into bowls. Top with finely diced carrot, finely diced apple, and mint.

    5 min

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