Turnip, Honey & Roasted Garlic Soup

Sunshine_Celine's Note:

This is one of my favorite recipe from the UK brand of soup 'The Covent Garden Soup Co'. They are sold in cartons in the chilled section over there, and I used to literally live off them when I was in London! The roasted garlic in this recipe marries the turnip perfectly -- it's worth the extra effort and can be roasted in the oven up to a few days in advance (whenever you have the oven going). Enjoy on a cold winter evening...

• Total Time: 1 hrs 45 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 15 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 4

Yield: 1.0 pot of ...

• 1 ounce butter
• 1 medium onion , diced
• 3 medium carrots , diced
• 2 medium potatoes , diced
• 10 ½ ounces turnips , diced
• 1 celery rib , diced
• 3 cups chicken stock
• 6 garlic cloves , roasted in skin in the over still soft
• 4 teaspoons honey
• salt & pepper

Directions:

1. Melt butter in pot, add onions and cook gently for 10 min without coloring.
2. Add carrots, potatoes, turnips, celery and stock to the pot. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer gently for 1 hour.
3. Remove from stove and blend until smooth, return to the pot.
4. Squeeze the roasted garlic from the skins, mash into a pulp and add to the soup with the honey.
5. Season to taste and serve.

Reviews

[ramartin42]

Fantastic! I also roasted the veggies in the oven before, because I love that flavor. What a great way to use turnips. I can't wait to make this again - only a double batch so I can stick some in the freezer!

[averybird]

Very warming and tasty! The subtle presence of the garlic and honey were very nice additions, and I loved the variety of root veggies called for in this recipe. I roasted all my veggies in the oven with a little olive oil, along with the garlic. The deep orang-ish color of the soup comes from roasting those carrots! (...or perhaps it always comes out this darker color? I was a little surprised, expecting it to be lighter!) I also added a 1/2 cup of half & half to the soup. Very good! Featured on my blog 4/4/09. Thank you, Sunshine_Celine!

[yogiclarebear]

This was wonderful! I skipped the potatoes all together and used 20 oz of turnips and 6 oz carrots. I also skipped the butter, and used 10 cloves garlic. I added almost 6 cups of broth and this was still super thick!! So tasty, warm, and healthy. Thanks!