Hearty Carrot Chowder

Sean
Sean @haffathot
Burlington, Massachusetts

My daughter rates this as her favorite soup ever and requests it all the time. It's carrots and potatoes in a carrot, onion, and cream broth. It may not have seafood in it, but it is undeniably chowder at its best.

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Ingredients

1 hour
12 servings
  1. 3 tbspolive oil, extra virgin
  2. 2large onions, minced
  3. 2 1/2 tspsalt
  4. 1 tspred pepper flakes
  5. 2 tbspgranulated garlic
  6. 1 tspbay leaf, ground
  7. 1/2 tsprosemary, ground
  8. 1 tspfennel seed
  9. 8large carrots, minced
  10. 2 cupwater
  11. 10large carrots, coined
  12. 5large potatoes, diced
  13. 5large baby bello mushrooms, sliced
  14. 1small handful flat parsley, chopped coarsely
  15. 1medium stalk celery, sliced at a bias
  16. 16 ozhalf and half cream
  17. 4 cupwhole milk
  18. 1/2 cuppecorino Romano cheese
  19. 1 tspbasil, minced (optional)

Cooking Instructions

1 hour
  1. 1

    In an 8-quart stockpot, add about 3 tablespoons oil and heat on low.

  2. 2

    Add the onions, minced carrots, salt, pepper flakes, granulated garlic, bay, rosemary, fennel seed, stir and marry them together.

  3. 3

    Stir in the water, and as long as the onions are translucent and carrots cooked through, cool them a few minutes.

  4. 4

    Transfer the mixture to a big ol' blender, and puree.

  5. 5

    Transfer the puree back to the stockpot, and add in the coined carrots, potatoes, mushrooms, celery, and parsley, and heat on medium heat.

  6. 6

    Add the cream, stir to incorporate, and get back up to temp.

  7. 7

    Cup by cup, add the milk. Don't add a cup until the soup is back up to temp from the last cup.

  8. 8

    Stir in the cheese, add basil if you like, and add more salt and granulated garlic to taste.

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Sean
Sean @haffathot
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Burlington, Massachusetts
I am a Boston attorney raised on Sicilian and Calabrian cooking.I study new foods and cuisines all the time, and I've been cooking most of my life. I really try to stay away from using processed food as ingredients or forcing together clashing spices. I go for more savory than sweet.
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