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    Default My Carrot & Coriander Soup Recipe

    WARNING: This makes a gargantuan amount of soup! (You can easily scale it down though!)

    This is what happens when Riskers get bored...

    Ingredients

    • 2 Large brown onions, peeled and chopped (400g/14oz peeled)
    • 2Kg/4lb 6oz Carrots, peeled and chopped. (1.7kg/3lb 12oz peeled)
    • Half a garlic bulb (4-6 cloves)
    • 4 tsp. Ground coriander (20ml)
    • 6 Vegetable stock cubes
    • Fresh coriander to garnish (optional)
    • 2 Tbsp. Vegetable oil (30ml)


    Makes approx. 4.5 Litres (1 gallon) 15 Servings (300ml)








    Equipment

    • Stick blender
    • Large stock pot - Mine is about 6L and it was just big enough for the quantity made.


    1. Gently heat the oil in the stock pot and add the chopped onion, cook on a low heat, stirring occasionally to prevent burning/browning until soft (approx. 10 mins).
    2. While the onions cook, put a full kettle of water on to boil, mince or finely chop the garlic and if using chop the fresh coriander ready for later.
    3. Once the onions are soft, add the garlic, carrot and 2.5Litres of boiling water (or enough to cover all the ingredients plus 2cm/1 inch on top). Crumble in 4 of the stock cubes and half the ground coriander.
    4. Cover with a lid and turn up the heat to high, until returned to the boil. Once it starts to boil reduce the heat to a simmer. Simmer until the carrots are soft, they should be easily pierced with a fork (approx. 15 mins).
    5. Blend until smooth. At this point you should taste the soup and add the remaining stock cubes/ground coriander/salt to taste.
    Serve sprinkled with freshly ground black pepper and the fresh coriander if using.










    Cost
    Onions - 37p
    Carrots - 76p
    Garlic - 9p
    Ground Coriander - 34p
    Stock Cubes - 38p
    Vegetable oil - 5p
    Total - £1.99

    Cost per 100ml - 5p

    Calories
    Onions - 160
    Carrots - 697
    Garlic - 20
    Coriander - 25
    Stock cubes - 42
    Vegetable oil - 245
    Total - 1189

    Calories per 100ml - 26

    Cost per serving (300ml) - 15p
    Calories per serving (300ml) - 78
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    Default Re: My Carrot & Coriander Soup Recipe

    Looks great, Risker! How long will it take you to eat/drink/consume 4.5litres of soup?
    Houmous atá ann!

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    Default Re: My Carrot & Coriander Soup Recipe

    I will let you know... We had some for dinner tonight but after working out the calorie content I've decided I'm going to have to stuff my face with crisps and olives this evening to make up for it.
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    Default Re: My Carrot & Coriander Soup Recipe

    Blimey, how long did it take to peel all those carrots?

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    Default Re: My Carrot & Coriander Soup Recipe

    I think prep took about 30 mins and cooking took about 40 though it probably would have been quicker if I hadn't used the smallest ring on the hob.
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    Well, you must be a fast carrot peeler.

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    Default Re: My Carrot & Coriander Soup Recipe

    I love soup. Thanks for the recipe, i'm not sure i've ever had carrot soup....I'm a butternut squash girl myself.

    It seems like a lot of stock cubes to me. How much water to a single cube do you normally use? Maybe you guys have smaller ones...
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    Default Re: My Carrot & Coriander Soup Recipe

    The stock cubes I used suggested 1 cube per 450ml (3/4 pint). I used 2.5L of water so 5/6 is about right. The reason I suggested to only put in 4 initially is because I figured other cubes might be stronger so you can adjust it to taste after blending. It works out at only 6.6g salt for the whole lot so 0.44g per serving.
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    Quote missbettie View Post
    Maybe you guys have smaller ones...
    Does that qualify as a saucy question missb?

    Leedsveg

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    Default Re: My Carrot & Coriander Soup Recipe

    OIC Risker.

    .... LV, you know me so well.
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