Dungeness Carrot Soup

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 medium onion, peeled and chopped
• 1 lb carrot, sliced (no need to peel)
• 1 large bay leaf
• 2 tablespoons rice (uncooked)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
• 6 ounces crabmeat (from a 1 1/2 lb. dungeness crab, cooked and shelled)
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon chives, minced
• chives, chopped (for garnishing)

Recipe

• 1 in a 5-qt. pot over medium-high heat, melt butter.
• 2 add onion, carrots, bay leaf, rice, salt, black pepper and cumin. cook, stirring, until onions are light golden, about 6 minutes.
• 3 add 5 cups water and bring mixture to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 25 minutes. remove bay leaf.
• 4 working in batches, puree soup in a blender until smooth. return soup to pot, stir in lemon zest, and bring back up to heat without boiling.
• 5 in a small bowl, toss crab with lemon juice and minced chives.
• 6 put an equal mound of crab mixture in the center of each of 4 soup bowls, then ladle soup around crab.
• 7 garnish with chopped chives.