Step one is www.bookcloseouts.com. They're awesome. Stupidly low prices and damn decent shipping. I love them.
Step two is this.
It too is awesome. From soups to smoothies to sauces to purees. It has a hollandaise recipe for God's sake. In fact, as I cracked open the book to find the proper spelling, through magic I landed on just that page.
Step three is my wife. I watched get a Lap Band fill today. I also talked with her awesome doctor and am now under orders to give her the tough love she needs.
Step four, the result of all this is Creamy Carrot soup.
1/4 cup (or one half stick) butter.
1 onion, finely chopped
1 leek also finely chopped
3 and 1/4 cups grated carrots
1 tablespoon AP Flour
5 cups hot chicken or veggie stock
2/3 cups heavy cream
Now, I didn't have leeks. I had them, didn't post about them and now they're gone. I also made soup. But for this, a second onion. Yay. I also didn't have heavy cream. Half and half instead. That gets used more. Heck, I'd use that in my hot cocoa. Oh! That reminds me. I also have a hot chocolate recipe for you guys. But later.
Butter cooks with the onions. Five minutes until soft, just the way wife likes. Then in goes the carrots. By the way, I don't mind saying, grating all those carrots is really hard work. Sheesh. The heat gets lowered then, on goes a cover and five more minutes.
Flour gets sprinkled in, then we stir for a minute or so. Then ever so slowly, we add the broth. We bring to a boil, then simmer for eight minutes.
Then we let cool for a smidge before sending it to the blender to die. Simmer more. Add cream. Season. Personally, I used cumin and curry powder. According to my idol Alton Brown, it's best to season carrots with botanical relatives to the carrot. Came out very very yummy. Wife, who doesn't like carrots by themselves even thought so.
As for that Hot chocolate, I'll post that later. That way, I have an excuse to make another post instead of one long one. Happy eating. I had my soup with steak. ^_^
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