Try this delicious creamy carrot and parsnip soup recipe is easy to make, simple and healthy too. This recipe takes around 40 mins to make and serves 4 people. It’s a quick recipe that is perfect for keeping you warm in the winter months. This recipe is ideal for using up leftovers from your Sunday roast dinner. If you use already cooked root veg, you don’t need to soften them. Just add with stock and simmer to make the soup. Why not serve with crusty bread, parsnips crisps or homemade croutons for an extra crunch? Parsnip and carrot soup is a real winter warmer! Any leftovers can be stored in a Tupperware in the fridge for up to 2 days.

Creamy Carrot and Parsnip Soup

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 30 mins

Total Time 40 mins

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

• 4 tbsp butter softened
• 1 large onion peeled and chopped
• 450 g 15oz carrots, peeled and chopped
• 2 large parsnips peeled and chopped
• 1 level tbsp freshly grated root ginger
• 1 level tsp finely grated orange rind
• 600 ml 1 pint vegetable stock
• 125 ml 4fl oz single cream
• Salt and ground black pepper
• Sprigs of fresh coriander to garnish

Instructions

 

• Melt the butter in a large saucepan over a low heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring, for 3 mins, until slightly softened. Add the carrots and parsnips. Cover the pan until the vegetables have softened a little. Stir in the ginger, orange rind and stock. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat, cover the pan and simmer for 30-35 mins, until the vegetables are tender. Remove from the heat and cool for 10 mins.
• Transfer the soup to a blender or food processor and whizz until smooth. Return the soup to the rinsed-out saucepan, stir in the cream, and season well with salt and pepper. Warm through gently over a low heat.
• Remove from the heat and ladle into soup bowls. Sprinkle pepper over and garnish your parsnip soup with a sprig of coriander.

Notes

The parsnip soup may be frozen without the single cream. Pack the soup into a suitable container and freeze it for up to 3 months. Reheat the parsnip soup and stir in the cream just before serving.
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