French carrot soup (Potage de Crécy)

This French carrot soup (Potage de Crécy) will warm your soul with simple ingredients and vibrant flavour. With a smooth texture and a beautiful vibrant orange colour, this soup is both aromatic and sweet. It checks all the boxes: healthy, easy, and delicious.

The ingredients for this soup are minimalist and likely already in your kitchen: carrots, onion, and broth, staples for winter cooking. This version is easy so you can build around it and add as you wish.

For the little background note, Potage de Crécy is how this carrot soup is called in France. It is in reference to Crécy, a town in the northern France where the best carrots of the country would grow.

If you are a French soups amateur, you need to try my leek soup or my onion soup. May I suggest my savoury cake to accompany it?

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• ⭐ My Take On This Soup
• 🥕 Pro-Tips for Ingredients
• 🥣 Some Fun Swaps
• 📖 Instructions
• 💭 Recipe FAQs
• More Delicious soups for the Winter
• 📖 French Carrot Soup (Potage de Crécy)

⭐ My Take On This Soup

• Easy and nutritious: This is the perfect cosy winter soup to warm up!
• Minimalist recipe: Simple ingredients and minimal steps!
• Budget friendly: Nowadays, you want to score a great recipe on a budget!
• Family-friendly: Great for both adults and kids but also for all diets!
• Versatile: Customize it as you like, add some ginger, rosemary, make it your own!

🥕 Pro-Tips for Ingredients

As you gather your ingredients, here are a few notes on some of them.

• Carrots: Use fresh carrots rather than frozen.
• Onion: I prefer using yellow onions, there are best to cook.
• Fresh rosemary: for flavour, I like to add an herbs, feel free to swap it for something else.
• Vegetable stock: You can use homemade broth or store-bought. Chicken broth is also fine.

🥣 Some Fun Swaps

Here are a few ideas to give your French Carrot Soup your own special twist:

• Spice it up: Add a pinch of ground cumin, coriander, or smoked paprika for a deeper, spiced flavour profile.
• Citrus burst: Stir in a squeeze of fresh lemon juice or orange zest for a sweet and tangy finish.
• Herby goodness: Experiment with fresh herbs like thyme, oregano, or parsley to enhance the soup’s aroma.
• Crunchy toppings: Garnish with toasted pumpkin seeds, croutons, for a nice crunch.
• Creamy upgrade: Stir in a dollop of heavy cream for a velvety soup.
• Sweeten it: Enhance the sweet carrots with a drizzle of maple sirup or even a pinch of sugar.

📖 Instructions

There are only 3 steps for this carrot soup recipe: chop, cook and forget about it and blend it. That is it! Here are a few details:

First, start by washing and chopping the carrots, onion, and potato. If you're new to cutting techniques, I’ve shared a handy guide to different vegetable cuts.

Then, in a large soup pot like a dutch over, melt butter or olive oil over medium heat. Add the chopped carrots, onion, and potato. Stir occasionally and let them sweat gently until the onions are translucent and the vegetables are starting to soften (picture 1).

Next, pour in the vegetable broth or chicken stock to cover the vegetables. Increase the heat to bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce it to a simmer on medium low heat (picture 2).

Now, let the soup simmer for about 30 minutes, or until the carrots are fork-tender. Carefully transfer the soup to a blender (or use an immersion blender) (picture 3), be careful with the hot splashes.

Lastly, puree until smooth and velvety (picture 4).

Ladle the soup into bowls, garnish if you’d like, and serve warm with some freshly ground black pepper to enhance the sweetness of the carrots. Or transform it into a creamy soup with crème fraîche. It's simple, comforting, and oh-so-delicious!

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