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CARROT SOUP WITH TOASTED PEPITAS
Serves : 4INGREDIENTS
- 2 medium onions chopped
- 1 tbsp Culinary Circle Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 4 to 6 large peeled carrots sliced thin about 31/2 cups
- 1 ground cumin
- 4 cups chicken or vegetable stock or broth preferably reduced or low sodium
- Sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
- 1/3 cup pepitas
DIRECTIONS
Heat olive oil in a saucepan over moderate heat, stirring until soft and translucent in color. Do not brown.
Add carrots, cumin, and salt and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
Add stock and simmer, covered, 30 minutes or until carrots are very tender.
While carrots are cooking, lightly toast pepitas in toaster oven or in a skillet.
Puree soup until smooth using either a hand held blender or a standing blender.
Divide soup into four soup bowls and top each with 1/4 pepitas.