Kims Spiced Carrot Soup with Coconut Cream

The weather is getting cooler, try this warming soup which is one of our favourites!

Spiced Carrot Soup

Ingredients:

• 500g chopped carrots
• 1 sweet potato, peeled and chopped
• 1 brown onion, chopped finely
• 2 crushed garlic cloves
• 1 small red chilli, seeds removed and finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
• 2 kaffir lime leaves
• 1 litre chicken stock
• 1 tablespoon light olive oil
• 2 tablespoons palm sugar
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• Juice of half a lime

Coconut Cream

Ingredients:

• 200ml coconut cream
• 150ml thick cream

Method:

Spiced Carrot Soup

• Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium heat, add the onion and cook for 2-3 minutes or until softened.
• Add the garlic, chilli, ginger, carrot, sweet potato, lime leaves and stock. Bring to the boil and then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Allow to cool slightly, then puree in the blender. Pass the puree through a sieve then season.
• Return to the pan with lime juice, sugar and fish sauce and gently reheat.

Coconut Cream

• Whip the creams until thick.

Pour the soup into bowls and top with coconut cream.

Enjoy!

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