This soup is not ice cream, but it does have a creamy orange flavor that reminds me of Dreamsicles.
It's also has a light and fresh taste that makes it perfect for after a week of holiday indulgences.
This is a five-ingredient soup. That's not to be confused with those "five ingredient" soups that include cans and packaged mixes. Nope, it's five whole food ingredients, plus water.
For this soup, all you need are carrots, oranges, cashews, onion, and fennel.
Seriously. That's it. Well, and water.
I used 6 carrots, one small to medium onion, one medium fennel bulb, two oranges,
and half a cup of raw cashews.
Here are the veggies, steamed. I blend them with an immersion blender. If you don't have an immersion blender, let the veggies cool a little and then blend in a regular blender.
After blending, I make cashew cream with 1/2 cup cashews and 1/2 cup water. Add that to the soup, thin with more water to get the mixture to a nice soup consistency, then warm it all up again.
There's a beautiful bowl of Dreamsicle soup!
Recipe:
1 medium onion, chopped
1 fennel bulb, chopped, top parts included
6 carrots, peeled and chopped
2 oranges, peeled, chopped, and seeds removed
1/2 cup cashews with 1/2 cup wateradditional water
1. Heat a small amount of water in a medium saucepan. Add the onion and let it cook until slightly translucent.
2. Add fennel to onion. Continue to add water slowly as needed to keep a thin layer at the bottom of the pan.
3. When fennel has softened, add carrots. Add about 1 inch of water. Cover pan and let carrots steam until soft.
4. Add oranges and make sure mixture is heated through.
5. Turn off heat. Blend soup.
6. Blend cashews with water. Pour cashew cream into soup.
7. Thin soup with more water until you reach desired consistency.
8. Turn heat on and cook about 3 minutes until soup is hot throughout.
Makes 4 servings.
I'll bet it would taste good and be refreshing as a cold summer soup too.
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