Carrot and star anise soup

Serves: 6
Course: Starter
Cooking Time: 1 hr 0 mins
Ingredients
  • Ingredients
  • 50g butter
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 6 sprigs thyme
  • 4 whole star anise
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 850g carrots, peeled and chopped
  • 80ml hot stock
  • 100ml cream
  • Sea salt & black pepper

Melt the butter in a heavy based pan over a medium heat. Add the onions and sauté for 5-10 minutes, until soft.

Add the thyme, star anise and garlic. Stir for 2 minutes, ensuring the garlic doesn’t burn.

Add the carrots and hot stock. Simmer for 20-25 minutes until the carrots are tender.

Remove the thyme sprigs and star anise. Purée the soup till smooth. Stir through the cream and season with salt and pepper to taste.

Lilly Higgins

Lilly Higgins

Lilly Higgins, a contributor to The Irish Times, is a food writer