{"id":379,"date":"2016-06-03T09:18:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T09:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/?p=379"},"modified":"2016-05-19T09:40:06","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T09:40:06","slug":"german-carrot-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/german-carrot-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"German Carrot Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-380\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/carrot-soup.jpg?resize=474%2C312&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/carrot-soup.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/carrot-soup.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first time I heard &#8216;carrot soup&#8217;, I thought the very idea was weird. But then it was suggested by a trusted German friend, so I gingerly went along with her idea. The result was marvelous, and I have been a fan ever since. This is a heavy soup, so paired up with a few bread sticks or toasted slices of bread, it can easily be a filling dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Serves 2<br \/>\nTime taken: 25 min<\/p>\n<h3><b>Ingredients<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>3 carrots, sliced<br \/>\n1 medium potato, chopped<br \/>\n1 small onion, chopped<br \/>\n3-4 cloves of garlic<br \/>\n1 tbsp olive oil<br \/>\n1 tsp dried rosemary leaves<br \/>\n1 cup vegetable or chicken stock (I often use water mixed with half a cube of maggi chicken stock)<br \/>\n1 tbsp finely chopped chives or spring onions<br \/>\n2 tbsp cream<br \/>\nSalt, pepper<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>Method<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Heat the oil and add onions and garlic.<\/li>\n<li>When slightly caramelised, add the carrots and potatoes.<\/li>\n<li>Bring the stock to a boil separately, and pour it in, when the vegetables are half done. Add the rosemary.<\/li>\n<li>Boil until vegetables are done, cool and blend until smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the soup back into the pan, bring to a boil and season with salt and pepper. Add more water to bring it to the desired consistency.<\/li>\n<li>Serve hot, garnished with cream and chives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first time I heard &#8216;carrot soup&#8217;, I thought the very idea was weird. But then it was suggested by a trusted German friend, so I gingerly went along with her idea. The result was marvelous, and I have been a fan ever since. This is a heavy soup, so paired up with a few &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/german-carrot-soup\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">German Carrot Soup<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,29],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allposts","category-soups","tag-continental"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Tz6f-67","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}