Souper Douper!

Joining in with Karen’s “Souper Douper Linking Party” today.

I made a pot of this fabulous carrot soup yesterday as we were expecting guests for lunch, and it was cold and wet outside. It is adapted from my Crank’s recipe book, and I have been making it for years!

CARROT POTAGE

• 1lb carrots chopped
• 1 medium onion chopped
• 1 medium potato chopped
• 2 pints stock
• splash of oil
• 2 tsp fresh chopped thyme
• 1 tsp marmite **
• 1 tbsp orange juice
• salt and pepper

1. Saute onion briefly in the oil in a large saucepan
2. Add all other ingredients
3. Bring to boil, stirring
4. Simmer for 30 minutes [covered]
5. Cool a little, and then liquidise in blender
6. Reheat gently in pan to serve.

[**not sure if friends across the pond can get this. Do you have and sort of yeast extract over there? or perhaps Bovril?  I know that Antipodean friends can use Vegemite.]

Made to the quantities given above, you get a wonderfully rich, thick soup – more of a chowder than a broth. You can stretch it a little further by adding more stock, milk or water. Rich – but very economical. It works out cheaper than the ‘basics’ vegetable soups from the supermarkets – but tastes better than the ‘finest’ range!

I served it with Aldi’s Part-baked Tuscan loaf – 99p - which we all agreed had a fabulous taste and texture. A bit of a treat…but then we did  have company!

Looking forward to picking up other good soup recipes from Karen and co.