Creamy Winter Vegetable Soup
 
 
A simple vegetable soup using market-fresh winter vegetables
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Recipe type: Vegetable Soup
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter or for vegan options, use coconut oil or olive oil
  • Sea salt and ground pepper, to taste
  • 1 lb. carrots (about 5-6 large carrots), peeled and diced
  • 2 large russet potatoes, peeled and diced
  • ½ large onion or one medium onion, peeled and diced
  • 1 large stalk celery, or 2 small stalks, with leaves, using a peeler, remove the outer strings then dice (if using celery root, peel and dice)
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 Tablespoon tomato paste
  • 4 cups vegetable or chicken stock
  • ⅔ cup heavy cream or more for serving (optional) (Great Falls Creamery has great farm-fresh cream) *For vegan options, coconut milk would be a great substitute as it is thicker than other non-dairy options.
Instructions
  1. Melt the butter or oil in a medium stockpot over medium low heat.
  2. Add the vegetables, stir to coat with butter and cover to simmer very gently until slightly tender and vegetables begin to exude their juices, about 7 minutes. Stir a few times while they simmer.
  3. Add the nutmeg, tomato paste and about a ½ teaspoon of salt, depending on the salt content of your broth. (Better to start low and add more, if necessary.)
  4. Stir vegetables in tomato paste until coated and continue to stir until tomato paste begins to stick to the pan.
  5. Add broth, increase heat to medium high, and bring to a simmer (begins to bubble and boil). Stir to deglaze (scrape pan with a wooden spoon or silicone spatula to loosen anything stuck to pan), then reduce heat to low and cover (soup should barely boil). Cook for 30 minutes.
  6. Using an immersion blender, or carefully transfer in batches to a blender, blend until soup is smooth. Taste to adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.
  7. If using cream or coconut milk, add and stir. Heat over medium heat until slightly thickened and warmed through.
  8. Top with crushed roasted kale leaves, if desired.
Recipe by FamilyandForks at https://www.familyandforks.com/creamy-winter-vegetable-soup/