carrot soup
A carrot or carrot soup is a soup whose main ingredient is carrots cooked in a broth . Different types of carrot soup are widespread internationally, although the preparations and ingredients can vary. Classic carrot soups can be made with meat or sausage as well as vegetarian .
Preparation and variations
What all carrot soups have in common is that initially sliced or diced carrots are sometimes cooked in a broth with other ingredients such as potatoes , parsnips , legumes such as lentils or chickpeas as well as soup vegetables made from celery and leek . The broth can be either a meat broth , often a beef broth , or a vegetable broth . Often the carrots are fried in butter with onions and other vegetables before the broth is added. Depending on the type of soup, meat or sausage, in Germany often smoked sausage or scalded sausage , is added as an insert. As seasoning are usually salt and pepper used, added typical regional herbs and spices such as lovage , parsley , coriander and parsley and ginger , paprika , curry , chili , mint and other spices. It is also possible to add oranges or orange juice , apples , honey or other sweet ingredients.
After the soup is cooked, it can either be served broth with whole carrot and vegetable pieces in the broth or pureed and sifted as a cream soup .
Carrot and ginger soup with sesame oil
Carrot soup with Greek yogurt
Curry carrot soup
Potato and carrot soup with rice and sardines
Carrot soups are often used as part of the infant's diet as well as diet cuisine. A specialty is the Moroz carrot soup , which is made exclusively from carrots and has been used as a home remedy for diarrheal diseases since the beginning of the 20th century, similar to porridge.
supporting documents
- ↑ "Carrot-Ginger Soup." In: Rose Elliot: Recipes for meatless days. Unipart-Verlag, Stuttgart 1989, p. 129, ISBN 3-8122-3363-0 .
- ↑ Carrot and orange cream soup, recipe on the Norddeutscher Rundfunk website ; accessed on May 3, 2018.
