Healthy soup recipe for 6 people, takes only 35 mins; recipe has butter, leek, carrot, honey, chilli flakes, bay leaf, stock and yogurt.
Honeyed carrot soup
Course: Healthy soup
Servings
6
servings
Prep time
10 mins
Ingredients
- Yogurt: soured cream or yogurt, to serve
- Carrot: 800g carrots, roughly chopped
- Chilli Flakes: small pinch dried chilli flakes (optional)
- Butter: 2 tbsp butter
- Bay Leaf: 1 bay leaf
- Honey: 2 tsp clear honey
- Leek: 2 small leeks, sliced
- Stock: 2 1/2 l vegetable stock
Directions
- Melt the butter in a large saucepan over a medium heat. Add the leeks to the pan, then cook for 3 mins until starting to soften. Add the carrots, honey, chilli (if using) and bay leaf, then cook for 2 mins.
- Pour in the stock, bring to the boil, then simmer for 30 mins. Blend the soup in batches, return to a clean pan, then season to taste. When ready to serve, bring back to a simmer, then ladle into mugs. Add a swirl of soured cream or yogurt and serve with garlic bread or bacon butties.
