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🍲 Carrot and leek soup 💲

🍲 Carrot and leek soup 💲

Today I have a really tasty soup for you that you absolutely must try.

Sean Barrett
May 17, 2024

Hey Soup Enthusiast,

I hope you have been enjoying the whether (while it lasted), I certainly have been. 🌞

With all this cooking, I have learnt so much I have improved my prepping speed, tips, tricks and techniques.

One of my favorite tips I have learned is to sauté / fry your vegetables in a small amount of butter on a high heat until they soften to bring out more of the flavors.

Not the healthiest but, it does add a lot.

Let me here from you, what have you learned over the year with your own cooking.

Today I have a really tasty soup for you that you absolutely must try.

It is a vegetarian soup packed full of flavor, let’s take a look.

🍲 Carrot and leek soup

Carrot and leek soup is a really tasty vegetarian soup that only uses a handful of ingredients. It made so much, I had to add more stock and water than I expected to achieve the perfect consistency.

I chose this soup because of the small amount of ingredients needed and there where a lot of carrots in the fridge to be used.

Peeling the carrots took me a long time. There where so many of them!

Once carrots where ready, next was the leek.

In the past I struggled preparing leeks but, I am much faster now.

Something I didn’t expect was how good the star anise is at hide and seek. I did eventually find it swimming in the soup so I could remove it before blending.

Ready for the taste test?

This soup is packed with flavor!

The carrot is most prominent and complimented by the subtle taste from the leek. The star anise flavor is there but, not as prominent as the other flavors.

Carrot and leek soup definitely is one of the tastiest soups I have made and definitely one to try yourself.

Lets take a look at the recipe.

Check out the video!

If you enjoyed this soup as much as me, let me know. Rate my recipe!

⭐ Ingredient of the week: Star anise

Fact - Star anise adds a sweet-licorice-peppery flavor and is common in in the Chinese “5 spice” and Indian “Garam Masala” blends.

Cooking tip - Whole star anise pods are great for simmering in soups or stews, while ground star anise powder is more convenient but, loses flavor over time.

👩‍🍳 Today's community showcase

Take a look at this soup a community member sent in, a marvelously presented.

What soups have you been making? Reply with your picture, send your soup! - Optional, "Use my name [Your Name]".

🌍 Beyond the ladle: Soup news highlights

Photography 📷

With the sun shining so bright outside, I was eager to find out how it effected the pictures I took.

Natural light is known as one of the best light sources for photography and it held true for me. The photos taken in natural light are so much better and easier to edit as a bonus.

I have also learned about a new editing feature which I will try out next week for a better color and brightness of the photo.

NHS soup and shake diet

The NHS is tackling type 2 diabetes with an 800-calorie-a-day "soup and shake" diet. They aim to help 10,000 individuals per year permanent reverse type 2 diabetes. Studies led by the University of Leeds have show an average weight loss of 10kg within a year.

General improvements

You may not see much difference yet but we need to add the ingredients before stirring the pot. If you have any suggestions, I would be delighted to hear them. 👍