Grilled Vegetables
Nutmeg Carrot Ginger Soup Recipe
This nutmeg carrot ginger soup makes a delicious appetizer or a light lunch. Carrots come out nice and juicy on the grill and the spices enhance their flavor. Sugar is a popular ingredient in carrot dishes, especially in French cuisine, because the sweetness draws out the natural sweet flavor of the carrot.
If you were to look at carrot ginger soup history, you will find this soup to be medicinal and eaten as a tonic. This is a nutritious soup and it tastes great too. There are many different grilled vegetables you can use in grilled vegetable soup recipes but using simply carrots, broth, and spices gives this soup a particularly pure and uncomplicated flavor.
Lightly Spiced Carrot Soup
Ingredients -
6 large carrots, peeled
6 cups vegetable or chicken broth
1 tablespoon butter
Pinch each of ground coriander, ground ginger, and ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon white sugar
Salt and black pepper
Fresh parsley to garnish
Sour cream to garnish
French bread croutons to garnish
Preparation:
Slice the carrots lengthwise into three or four strips and grill them over a medium hot grill until they are nearly tender but not charred.
Cut them into smaller pieces then put them in a heavy pan with ½ cup of the broth and simmer until tender. Puree the carrots in a blender and return them to the pan.
Add the sugar, spices, remaining broth and the salt and pepper to taste.
Simmer for 20 minutes.
Decorate each bowl of soup with a couple of French bread croutons, some fresh parsley and some dots of sour cream.
(Serves 4)
A Picture of our Nutmeg Carrot Ginger Soup Recipe - lightly spiced with ginger and nutmeg this carrot soup is a refreshing change from most soups you have tried. The grilled taste makes a nice addition to this soup also.
