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Carrot soupEarlier this year, I tried Mary Berry’s trick of putting Thai curry paste in tomato soup – I haven’t gone back since. It makes the whole dish taste so much more warming and “moreish”. Usually, I reckon ginger does the same thing to a carrot soup (I always grate some into the mix for a fiery tang). But recently, when faced with a glut of leftover carrots, I found yet another zesty ingredient some home cooks swear by: orange peel. I already add orange zest to my carrot cake, which I love. So, I figured I’d give it a go. Holding orange/the completed soupHow do you make carrot and orange soup?Start off as usual: sauté some onions with carrots, sizzle some ginger and garlic at the last minute, and simmer the lot (with spices of your choice) along with some stock and strips of orange peel. As it cooks, the flavour seeps into the broth, Simply Recipes explained. It’s important that you remove the zest before blending the soup, though, as otherwise you’ll be left with a bitter, soapy flavour. After trying the technique, I was surprised by how much the flavour changed. It tasted sunnier, brighter, and zingier.And though some recipes reccomend adding straight-up orange juice to the liquid, I find the peel is much less likely to overpower the dish (my biggest fear was that the soup would taste like a cursed Capri-Sun, which it didn’t).Just make sure you don’t include too much of the white, foamy pith, which tastes a little bitter. Why do oranges and carrots go together?I’ll confess that originally, I baulked at the idea of combining the usually-sweet pair in a savoury soup – even though I’m already comfortable with adding other citrussy goods like lemon or lime juice into the mix. Still, I was reassured by the chef and co-founder of Farmlore, Johnson Ebenezer. His Instagram post read, “Carrots contain a variety of flavour compounds, including terpenes such as β-pinene and α-pinene, and carotenoid-derived compounds like β-ionone...“Oranges, on the other hand, contain a range of flavour compounds, including citral, limonene, and β-pinene, which are responsible for their citrusy, sweet, and uplifting flavour.” When combined, he said, “the sweet, earthy flavour of carrots complements the citrusy, sweet flavour of oranges”. Whatever the science behind it, I’m sold.Related...I Tried Mary Berry s Secret To The Best Tomato Soup, And I m AddictedI Tried The Viral Italian Wedding Soup, And It s The Perfect Autumn RecipeSo THAT s Why Restaurant Soup Is So Much Better

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