Delicate cream soup is becoming increasingly popular in cooking. Such soup and mashed soup are similar in consistency, but these are completely different independent dishes. If the base in the soup puree is meat or vegetable broth, then for the cream soup the base is taken milk or creamy. The classic vegetables for him are asparagus, cauliflower, carrots and broccoli.
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You will need
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- Carrots - 300 g;
- potatoes - 200 g;
- onions - 1 head;
- canned chopped champignons - 30 g;
- milk - 0.25 liters;
- parsley - several branches;
- sour cream - to taste;
- salt and pepper - to taste;
- green onions - for decoration;
- pan;
- knife;
- cutting board;
- blender / mixer.
Instruction manual
1
Take the carrots. Wash it under running cold water. Clean and rinse again, let it dry. Cut into large pieces.
2
Wash the potato tubers, peel them. Rinse, allow to dry and cut into 4 parts. Peel the onion, rinse with water, chop coarsely.
3
Put carrots, potatoes and onions in a pan, add finely chopped parsley. Pour the vegetables with water and bring to a boil. Then close the pan with a lid and cook over medium heat for 15-20 minutes.
4
Remove the pan from the heat, carefully drain the water. Using a blender, in a pinch mixer, turn the cooked vegetables into mashed potatoes.
5
Boil the milk. Add it to mashed vegetables. Put sour cream, salt and pepper to taste. Stir the cream soup well, you can use a blender for this. Boil over low heat for about 10 minutes.
6
Finely chop the green onions. Pour the soup into plates. Garnish the plate with mushrooms and sprinkle with chopped onions.
7
Serve the carrot cream soup hot. Offer bread sticks, croutons, or fresh white bread with the soup.
note
Carrots for soup should choose a bright orange color. The more juicy the color, the more carotene (vitamin A) in the vegetable.
There should not be any growths on carrots, the surface should be smooth.
Do not take soft carrots - most likely, it has already slightly rotted.
It is believed that ideal carrots weigh about 150 g.
Useful advice
Cream soup can be prepared from vegetables, fish, meat, seafood, mushrooms, a variety of cereals, chicken, cheese, even beer.
Milk can be added and cold, then the soup should be brought to a boil and boil for 10 minutes.
You can decorate cream soup with fresh basil, dill, celery. Pieces of vegetables or other ingredients that were on the recipe are also used. You can sprinkle the soup with cheese or make a strip of whipped cream.