After trying the side dish for pan fried toman fillet with lemon cream sauce , I found out that rosemary and carrot are good friends. Then I got curious and wonder if their relationship can go any further. I discovered they are very much in love.
I have always wanted to make soup that does not need cream, butter or flour. I am glad this recipe works for me. The strong scent of rosemary infuses very well into the natural sweetness of the carrots and onion which combine to give a complex flavor.
Carrots, chopped
Small onion, chopped
Sprig of rosemary, chopped
Olive oil
Milk, room temperature
Sea salt
Crushed black pepper
Parmigiano cheese
Fry onion in a pot with olive oil till it starts to caramelize. Put in carrots, rosemary, salt and black pepper. Continue cooking till carrots become soft. Leave to cool. Blend everything into puree and return to pot. Over a small fire, pour in milk by small amount and stir continuously until puree achieves desired thickness. Add in a handful of parmigiano cheese.
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This looks like a lovely soup. I will be trying your recipe for supper next week!
Thank you. Glad you like it and I’m so happy to know that you will be trying it out. Give me your comments. You may want to throw in a small handful of broken spaghetti as well.
Wow, and super wow Danny! This screams out flavors & nutrition with beauty! Looks comfy and powerfully delicious!!
Thank you so much Judy for your kind comment. I would have to agree that rosemary is truly powerful. Just a small sprig will create magic to the overall flavor.
I love this tasty combo a lot! I use rosemary a lot in my kitchen too! 🙂
Thank you Sophie, same here. Ever since I plant my own herbs, I can’t imagine how I can do without. 🙂
I’ll have to try this when we grow our carrots this year.
Thank you for stopping by. Give me your comments if you try it. And I’m jealous that you can plant your own carrots 🙂
We plant the multi-coloured ones. So we get orange, red, white, and yellow. 🙂
You are making me really excited. I’ve never seen so many different colors over here. Only orange and recently purple selling at a high price. 🙂 You must post them up when they are good. I would love to see them.
Check out a few of my recipes, I’ve shown some pics. Can’t find them in the store but we buy the seeds. My son loves them. 🙂
Love this Danny and I love how you wrote the post! I make a sweet potato soup with rosemary and its probably my favorite, so it’s only natural that carrots would work too, being that they’re sweet. I love the simplicity. I can use coconut milk here too….looks delicious!!
Thank you so much for your very nice comment Brandi. I truly appreciate it. You got no idea how happy I am.. from not knowing how to write a post to hearing such lovely words from you. That’s a big encouragement to keep me going.
I should try sweet potato soup with rosemary. But I’m not sure if the type of sweet potato here is the same as yours. Coconut milk should work with carrots and rosemary. If you try, do let me know how it worked. 🙂
The texture is so smoothly lips licking. I just licked my lips from the picture…literally.
Lol! That’s a huge compliment. Thank you very much Irene. I can imagine it. Sexy 🙂
this soup look just beautiful..i love carrots and rosemary, so i will have to make this soon…lovely post..sarah
Hi Sarah, thank you for stopping by with your very nice comment. I am so happy you like it. If you try, do let me know how it worked for you..danny
Hahahaha.. so expressive! U made Olive bread?
Hahahahaah….no. I bought it. Have not tried making ciabatta yet.
i would love to meet ur very much in love couple (rosemary n carrot) some day. wahahahhahah!
if fate is kind, you will 🙂
That looks delicious! Good idea to combine carrots & rosemary, I must try this.
Thank you very much. Glad you like it. Try and let me know how it worked for you.
I really like the sound of this – and I think it will be more tasty than carrot and coriander, which I’m always a little disappointed with when I make it. I think the secret ingredient is going to be that handful of cheese!! Nice little addition there 😉
Thank you Gabriela, try it with rosemary the next time and let me know how it worked for you. And you are right that the little handful of cheese certainly add more flavor 🙂
Rosemary and carrots seem like a lovely couple indeed! Not to mention a power couple that’s packed with nutrition and flavor 🙂
I would say they really are. I discover it by chance reading the fine prints from the plastic bag that holds the carrots. It is a cooking suggestion given by the company. Glad it worked. 🙂
I love that you’ve managed to create a soup that doesn’t require butter or cream! this looks and sounds like such a lovely and comforting soup 🙂
Thank you very much. I guess such recipe only works for carrots, pumpkin and the potato family. Probably not possible for mushroom soup. 🙂 Please share if you’ve got mushroom soup recipe that does not require butter or cream. I am thinking dropping in some mashed potatoes may work..
Danny, I stumbled upon this blog post today and immediately thought of you. A very savory and delicious looking mushroom soup without butter or cream: http://thesuburbansoapbox.com/2013/01/31/cream-of-mushroom-soup-minus-the-cream/
Kenley 🙂
Hi Kenley, thank you very much for the delicious mushroom soup recipe. It looks good even without butter or cream. Using yogurt is such a clever replacement. Nice and healthy. The recipe is already in my note book and I shall try it soon and let you know how it goes 🙂
Danny
This looks so wonderful Danny! I love the flavor combinations! Going to need to make this yet this winter! 🙂
Kenley
Thank you Kenley. So happy you like it. How long more will winter stretch? I always dream of living in a place with winter but am also aware of the inconvenience caused by mother nature.
Oh our winter here in Texas is quite mild and more like “cold summer”. 😉 We have warm days followed by cold days and it flips back and forth. This will last until mid March. I grew up in Wisconsin where there is a very cold and snowy winter. It can be pretty, but also causes a lot of undesired inconvenience and dreariness. All the same, being in Texas and having mild winters, I still like to make it “soup season”. 🙂
Kenley
Texas weather sounds like a really great place to live in 🙂 Apart from the Alps in Switzerland, I’ve yet to see real snow.
Ah, Texas is a great place right now 😉 … this summer it will be sweltering heat well over 100 degrees everyday.
Danny, this sounds like a perfect combination. Will definitely be making this very, very soon.
Thanks Marisa, if you try, do let me know how it worked for you. So that I can improve it further. You can also throw in a small handful of broken pasta to add to the bite.
What a beautiful presentation of this soup. I haven’t try rosemary with carrots yet, I’ll have to give this soup a try as I’ve some rosemary growing pretty well this year. Can’t wait to make this sweet carrot soup with the lovely rosemary.
Thank you very much. I love rosemary. Apart from the lovely scent, it is such a strong plant that can withstand harsh weather. Do let me know how this soup worked for you.
Very unique! Can’t wait to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing!
Let me know how it worked for you 🙂 It’s amazing how simple ingredients can created a full flavor. I always love such recipes.