Today I’m re-sharing an old recipe from May 2012 for my Tomato Carrot and Dill Soup with updated photographs and tweaked recipe!
The Back Story to Tomato, Carrot and Dill Soup
Before heading off to study Home Economics at The Roehampton Institute I worked for a few months in a catering firm that was also a delicatessen. We made soup, pies and fresh hand cut sandwiches with freshly roasted beef etc daily for the shop as well as many other delicious dishes for clients’ functions. It was an exciting time for a 20 yr old as one minute I’d be making hundreds of mini quiches and the next I was taking coats & serving canapes in a millionaires home as a waitress! We had a fair few celebrity clients too who would pop in for a sandwich. The only one I can remember now is Kevin Godley of Godley & Creme (go ask your mum if you’re too young LOL)!
One of our best selling soups was this Tomato, Carrot and Dill Soup which was and still is a personal favourite. I used to make it all the time from my head and eventually wrote it down so it may or may not be totally true to the original! What I love about this soup is the creamy, garlicky flavour notes that so compliment the tomato, carrot & dill. It’s quite unique and totally delicious, just ask my hubby who had 2 bowlfuls before I could even snap a picture!
Do you forget about Recipes?
I don’t know if you’re like me, but I go through phases of making the same recipes over and over again. Then I get bored and seem to forget about them which is what happened with this Tomato, Carrot and Dill Soup. Hence I thought it was high time to give it the five star revamp it deserved as my old photographs really didn’t do it justice.
How many people will this Tomato, Carrot and Dill Soup serve and can I use an alternative to vegetable stock?
This recipe make enough for 6 – 8 servings (depending on how hungry you are)! I use vegetable stock in the recipe but if you’re not vegetarian and don’t have vegetable stock cubes, chicken stock cubes works just as well.
The ingredients you’ll need to make Tomato, Carrot & Dill Soup!
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I do hope you try my Tomato, Carrot and Dill Soup! Here are some more soup recipes you might like from fellow bloggers!
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Tomato, Carrot and Dill Soup
This delicious Tomato, Carrot and Dill Soup has a luxurious creamy, garlicky undertone to the tomato, carrot and dill flavours.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 25 g / 1oz butter
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 4 Cloves garlic (large), crushed crushed
- 2 celery stalks, finely chopped
- 500 g / 1lb 2oz carrots, roughly chopped
- 2 400 g tins good quality Italian chopped tomatoes
- 800 ml / 1 ½ pts vegetable stock (made with 2 stock cubes)
- 150 ml / 6floz single cream small pot
- 15 g / ½ oz dill, finely chopped chopped
- freshly ground salt and pepper
Garnish (optional)
- Extra single cream to drizzle
- Extra Dill fronds
Instructions
Sweat the onions, celery and crushed garlic in the oil and butter in a large pan over a low heat (with the lid on) for 10 minutes until softened but not browned.
Add the carrots and gently fry for another 2 minutes stirring constantly.
- Add the tins of tomatoes.
- Make up the stock with boiling water and add to the pan.
- Bring to the boil and simmer for 25 minutes.
- Add the chopped dill and season.
- Allow to cool and liquidise (unless like me you have a stainless steel hand blender which negates the need to cool).
- Pour the soup back into the pan and stir in the cream.
- Adjust the seasoning if necessary.
- Bring back to serving temperature.
Garnish with a swirl of cream and a sprig of fresh dill and serve with crusty bread.
I love dill and use it regularly in mushroom soups. This soup is absolutely wonderful. I added lentils and left out cream to make it vegan and am now basically making batches regularly at home and at a donation optional food project
Excellent, so glad you like it and adapted to your needs:-)
Kevin Godley, eh? I remember when he was in 10cc… don’t ask your mum how the group got its name! 😉
Lovely soup, and so perfect for autumn. I do enjoy a good tomato soup, and the addition of carrots makes it even more yummy, I’m sure. Not convinced about the dill… although not to say I wouldn’t give it a shot!
Hi Nico, yes I remember him in 10CC but I doudt my mum would know how they got their name LOL, shall have to Google. I’m not a huge fan of dill but in this soup it is superb:-)
I love that you add dill. A herb that is definitely underestimated in my house and now I will have to try this!
Thanks Sisley, I’m sure you’ll love it, the dill goes so well along with the garlic:-)
Dill is such an underrated herb, but I’ve never tried it with tomato soup. It sounds wonderful and I will have to give it a try.
Thanks Janice, I’m sure you’d love it!
My all time favorite soup is tomato and carrot one. Adding dill is such a good idea. Must have made the soup so aromatic and tasty.
Thanks Mayuri and with the garlic and cream it’s just such an incredible combination:-)
I absolutely love dill – this soup looks delicious Camilla! I’ve pinned to try in the near future
Thanks Nickki, I’m sure you’ll love it:-)
Your photo’s are gorgeous and the soup looks delicious. Perfect for this kind of weather. I wish I had a big pan of it bubbling on the hob right now!
Thank you so much. Sorry, had to remove your link as it was giving a 404 error.
This soup sounds totally delicious. Love the sound of dill in it. Was interesting to hear how you came to make it too.
Thanks Choclette:-)
I absolutely love dill, but don’t use it often enough. I love the sound of it with tomato and carrot in this lovely soup!
Thank you Kate, the flavours blend so well together:-)
What a lovely combination of flavours, sounds yummy! Beautiful photos too.
Thank you so much Kate, it really is an awesome soup:-)