Carrot, Chervil & Crème Fraîche Soup

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Serves2 people
Vegetarians
Carrot, Chervil & Crème Fraîche Soup

A delightfully delicate soup that gives a tender nod towards spring, full of sweet fennel and carrots blended with fresh, aniseedy chervil and a rich, tangy dollop of crème fraiche.

Ingredients

  • 1 onion
  • 1 fennel bulb
  • 1 celery stick
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 500g carrots
  • 1 vegetable stock cube
  • A handful of chervil
  • 100ml crème fraîche
  • ½ tbsp olive oil
  • 700ml boiling water
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
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Method

1. Peel and finely chop the onion. Trim and finely chop the fennel bulb, saving any feathery fronds for later. Trim and finely chop the celery stick. Peel and grate or crush the garlic.
2. Warm a pan on a medium heat for a few mins then pour in ½ tbsp olive oil. Add the onion, fennel and celery and cook on a medium heat for 5 mins till starting to soften, stirring now and then.
3. Meanwhile, peel and roughly chop the carrots. Fill and boil the kettle.
4. After the veg have cooked for 5 mins, add the garlic to the pan and fry, stirring, for 1 min. Add the carrots to the pan and pour in 700ml hot water from the kettle. Crumble in the stock cube. Pop a lid on the pan and simmer for 15 mins till the carrots are soft.
5. Meanwhile, finely chop the chervil, discarding any really thick stalks.
6. Add most of the chopped chervil to the pan, saving a pinch for garnish. Blend the soup till smooth with a hand-held blender in the pan, or ladle into a blender to blitz. Stir through most of the half-pot of crème fraîche, saving a little to dollop on top.
7. Taste the soup and add salt or pepper if you think it needs it. Ladle into warmed bowls and finish with a swirl of crème fraîche each, the reserved chervil and any fennel fronds.
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