Cream of Carrot Soup (Porkkanasosekeitto)
"Based on a soup recipe from Beatrice Ojakangas' book, The Finnish Cookbook. I confess that I added the brandy to the carrots!"
photo by twissis
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 1 lb carrot
- 1 cup beef broth
- 2 tablespoons brandy
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 4 cups milk
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 dash pepper
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
- 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
directions
- Peel carrots. Cook carrots in beef broth and brandy until tender, adding additional brandy if necessary. Drain, reserving the stock, and strain or mash the carrots to make a smooth puree.
- Heat the butter in a saucepan, add the flour, and stir until blended.
- Add the milk gradually, stirring constantly.
- Heat to the boiling point and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add reserved stock, carrot puree, sugar, and pepper.
- Garnish each serving with parsley and a dash of nutmeg.
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Reviews
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I would highly suggest using corn starch as it doesn't leave a taste apart from that the recipe is good. -
I very much enjoyed this. Rich and creamy. I added 3 cups milk, but 2 were whole milk and 1 was 1%, so because of that - the last 1 cup I added was 1/2 cup half and half and 1/2 cup heavy cream to make up the "fat" content. It still worked out to be 4 cups total so that didn't alter the recipe at all. Worked out great.<br/><br/>Two changes were ... I felt it needed a little onion, so I diced up a couple of scallions as a garnish. That was all I needed<br/><br/>My second change, I didn't add the sugar. However ... I think it depends on your carrots. Mine were very sweet and very fresh from the farmers market. I think that is really what will determine whether you need sugar or not. My carrots were sweet as is.<br/><br/>But that was it. Very easy, tasty, warming and comfort food. Made it sunday and having a big bowl for dinner tonight. Loved it.<br/>Thx for a very nice recipe. -
very nice soup the brandy gave it a richer taste a very nice soup for this winter that doesnt cost alot of money and is really good for you moms the imiataion brandy works here just a capfull really no sugar for me didnt miss it zaar tour 6
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Delicious soup even better than my BIL's who is from Espoo. ;)Yum! Perfect for a cold wintry day. I left out the sugar. -
After the carrots were tender, I put everything with the beef broth in the blender to make a puree. I didn't want chunks. I didn't add brandy. It was enough. I omitted the sugar cause carrots are sweet enough. The soup was good, maybe a 4 star when I made it, but today (which is 2 days later) it's even more yummy. The taste is really great. Thanks Mersaydees. Made for Beverage tag
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Tweaks
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instead of using flour I used corn starch
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
mersaydees
Bloomington, Indiana
