CARROT AND GINGER SOUP (soup maker recipe)

 

This recipe arises from the simple fact of having a surfeit of carrots.

Vegetables are not cheap in France, whether in supermarkets, greengrocers or the market.  Frequently they don't keep too long either.  So when a huge bag of nice looking carrots is on offer it's hard to resist them but important to use them up.  

Although the month of May is not far away it's still very much soup weather here in France and the warmth of ginger was a welcome addition on a particularly unpleasant day.

Ingredients

2 medium potatoes

6 medium carrots

1 large onion

2 sticks celery

1 vegetable stock pot

1 small knob of fresh ginger, about 2 cm square, peeled and chopped

Method

Prepare enough veg to fill the machine to the bottom line.  Add the ginger and the stock pot.

Add enough water to fill to the top line (about 1 litre).

Cook on smooth.

Makes 4 generous servings