Gingered Carrot Soup

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 2 medium onions, sliced
• 2 cloves garlic, cut in half
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
• 2 lbs carrots, peeled and sliced
• 6 cups vegetable broth
• 2 cups orange juice
• 4 tablespoons raw rice
• salt and pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 in a very large saucepan, heat the butter over medium heat.
• 2 sauté the garlic and onion until they are soft but not brown (about 5 to 8 minutes).
• 3 add the ginger and carrots and sauté for 5 minutes longer.
• 4 stir in the broth, orange juice and rice.
• 5 reduce the heat to low, cover and cook for 30 minutes.
• 6 allow to cool, then purée in batches in the food processor or blender.
• 7 add salt and pepper to taste.
• 8 reheat soup before serving.