Description
This Spooky Halloween Carrot Soup is a creamy, comforting dish perfect for chilly autumn evenings. Made with tender carrots, onions, and potatoes simmered in chicken stock, then pureed to a smooth consistency and garnished with a generous swirl of heavy cream designed as a festive spiderweb, this soup blends warmth and whimsy in every bowl.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients
- 2 carrots (about 16.1 ounces or 457 grams), peeled and chopped
- 2 onions (about 9.3 ounces or 263 grams), peeled and chopped
- 1 potato (about 7.2 ounces or 203 grams), peeled and chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1 cup water
- 2 ½ cups chicken stock
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground pepper
Garnish
- ¼ cup heavy cream
Instructions
- Prepare the vegetables: Peel the carrots, onions, potato, and garlic cloves thoroughly, then cut the carrots, onions, and potato into chunks to ensure even cooking.
- Heat the broth: Place a pot on medium heat and add the water and chicken stock, allowing the liquid to warm.
- Simmer the vegetables: Add the chopped carrots, onions, potato, and whole garlic cloves to the pot. Let them simmer gently for about 40 minutes, stirring occasionally until the vegetables are very soft and tender.
- Season the soup: Once the vegetables have softened, add salt and ground pepper to taste. If preparing for children, you may choose to add pepper later or omit it entirely.
- Puree the soup: Turn off the heat and use a hand blender to blend the soup until it reaches your preferred smooth consistency. The turbo function on your blender can help achieve a silky texture.
- Serve and garnish: Divide the soup equally into 3 cups. Drizzle heavy cream in a spiral pattern on top of each cup’s surface.
- Create the spiderweb design: Using a skewer or toothpick, draw 8 lines radiating from the center of the spiral outward to the edge of the cup to create a decorative spiderweb pattern, fitting for Halloween.
Notes
- You can substitute vegetable stock to make this soup vegetarian.
- Adjust the seasoning to your taste, especially if serving to children, by controlling the amount of pepper.
- For a richer texture, add a knob of butter or a splash of cream before blending.
- The spiderweb garnish is optional but adds a fun Halloween festive touch.
- Leftover soup can be refrigerated for up to 3 days or frozen for longer storage.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 160
- Sugar: 7g
- Sodium: 700mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 20mg