Description
Hearty jamie oliver carrot and courgette soup blends fresh vegetables into a comforting meal. Simple ingredients create a nourishing bowl you’ll savor with each spoonful.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 onion (brown, peeled and diced)
- 400 g (14.1 oz) carrots (peeled and diced)
- 200 g (7.1 oz) potato (peeled and diced)
- 400 g (14.1 oz) courgette/zucchini (diced)
- 800 ml (27 fl oz) vegetable stock
- 2 tbsps olive oil
- 1 tsp medium curry powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper (freshly ground)
Instructions
- Preparation: Meticulously wash and cube onion, carrots, potato, and zucchini into uniform 1-centimeter pieces, ensuring consistent cooking texture.
- Aromatic Foundation: Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-low temperature, then gently sauté onions until translucent, releasing their delicate essence.
- Spice Activation: Sprinkle curry powder into the pan, stirring continuously to awaken the spices’ complex flavor and eliminate raw undertones.
- Vegetable Layering: Incorporate diced carrots and potatoes, covering the pan to create a steam environment that softens the vegetables and concentrates their natural sweetness.
- Liquid Integration: Pour vegetable stock over the vegetables, add zucchini, and season with salt and black pepper, bringing the mixture to a vigorous boil before reducing to a gentle simmer.
- Flavor Melding: Allow the soup to simmer for 18-22 minutes, enabling vegetables to tenderize and harmonize their individual flavors into a cohesive profile.
- Textural Transformation: Remove from heat and use an immersion blender or food processor to create a silky, smooth consistency that showcases the soup’s vibrant ingredients.
- Final Refinement: Taste and adjust seasoning, ensuring a balanced flavor profile, then serve immediately while the soup retains its optimal warmth and character.
Notes
- Precision Chopping Matters: Cut vegetables into uniform 1-centimeter cubes to ensure even cooking and consistent texture throughout the soup.
- Spice Activation Technique: Toast curry powder briefly to release complex flavors and eliminate any raw, bitter undertones before adding vegetables.
- Steam Softening Trick: Covering the pan during initial vegetable cooking helps create a gentle steam environment, enhancing vegetable tenderness and flavor development.
- Blending Consistency Key: Use an immersion blender or food processor to achieve a silky-smooth soup texture, ensuring no chunky vegetable pieces remain.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Lunch, Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 800 mg
- Fat: 5 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 17 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg