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Carrot Soup with Carrot Top Garlic Pesto
George Bryant
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Prep Time
10
minutes
mins
Cook Time
30
minutes
mins
Total Time
40
minutes
mins
Servings
6
Ingredients
Soup
2
tablespoons
grass-fed butter or
coconut oil
28 grams
1
large onion
chopped
pinch
of sea salt
1 1/2
pounds
of carrots with tops on
570 grams
4 cups chicken broth
1
cup
diced
peeled fuji apple (120 grams)
Pesto
2
cloves
of garlic
2
tablespoons
chopped toasted walnuts
1
cup
of packed carrot top leaves
45 grams
3
tablespoons
olive oil
pinch
of sea salt
Instructions
Soup
Heat your grass-fed butter in a
large pot
over medium heat
Add your onions and sea salt and cook until soft, approximately 8 minutes
Remove your carrot tops, chop roughly and set aside
Peel your carrots and roughly chop, add to your pot
Stir in your chicken broth, bring to a boil, reduce heat, partially cover and let simmer for 30 minutes or until your carrots are soft
Once your carrots are soft, either use an
immersion blender
and blend your soup or transfer to a
blender
and blend your soup in batches.
Stir in your apples, garnish with your pesto below and serve
Pesto
Place your garlic and walnuts in your food processor and pulse until minced
Add in your carrot tops and sea salt and start running your food processor
While your food processor is running, drizzle in your olive oil until you have a beautiful carrot top pesto
Use this to garnish your soup above and enjoy