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
- •1½ cups white onion
- •1¼ pounds carrots
- •3¾ cups low-salt chicken broth
- •¾ cup fuji apple
- •2 teaspoons fresh ginger
- •4½ 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.
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.
Ladle soup into bowls. Top with finely diced carrot, finely diced apple, and mint.
5 min
