Tomato, Carrot and Dill Soup – creamy, garlicky & delicious!

Updated 12 February 2025 Published 31 January 2019 70 Comments

Tomato, Carrot and Dill Soup is creamy, garlicky & delicious! This soup goes back to my time in catering where it was one of our best sellers!

Tomato, Carrot and Dill Soup - creamy, garlicky & delicious! This soup was a best seller when I worked in catering and a personal favourite! #tomato #carrot #dill #soup #souprecipes #tomatorecipes #carrotrecipes #

Tomato, Carrot and Dill Soup Back Story

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. Plus we did high-end outside catering for clients’ functions.

Tomato, Carrot and Dill Soup served on a slate platter with a bread roll.

It was an exciting time for a 20-year-old as one minute I’d be making hundreds of mini quiches and the next I was taking coats & serving canapes in a millionaire’s home as a waitress!

We had a few celebrity clients too who would pop in for a sandwich.

The only one I remember is Kevin Godley of Godley & Creme (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 entirely true to the original!

What I love about this soup is that the cream and garlic complement the tomato, carrot & dill flavours so well.

It’s a unique and delicious soup. Just ask my husband who had 2 bowlfuls before I could take 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 repeatedly.

Then I get bored and seem to forget about them, which 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 didn’t do it justice.

How many people will this soup serve and can I use an alternative to vegetable stock?

This recipe makes 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 work just as well.

How to Make Tomato, Carrot and Dill Soup

The full recipe is at the bottom of the page.

Ingredients

You will need:

Brown onion or red would do.
Garlic (be sure it’s not Chinese).
Cans of good quality Italian chopped tomatoes.
Single cream to any cream you have eg double, whipping, or clotted cream.
Fresh dill (I’ve yet to try it with dried dill).
Celery
Carrots
Good quality vegetable stock cubes or Bouillon.
Unsalted butter.
Olive oil.

Instructions

Heat the butter and olive oil in a large pan over low heat and add the chopped onion, celery and garlic. Sweat under a lid until softened.
Add the chopped carrots and cook for another 2 minutes, stirring.
Add the tinned tomatoes and stock.
Bring to the boil and then simmer for 25 minutes under a lid.
Add the chopped dill and season.
Liquidise the soup with a stick blender.
Stir in the cream, then bring it back to serving temperature.
Adjust seasoning if necessary.
Serve swirled with cream and a sprig of dill to garnish.

More Tomato Soup Recipes

I do hope you try my Tomato, Carrot and Dill Soup! Here are some more soup recipes you might like from fellow bloggers!

Close up of tin mug of 5 Minute Vegan Tomato Soup on a tin plate with coriander leaf frond. Cut flatbread in background. — 5 Minute Vegan Tomato Soup

More Carrot Soup Recipes

Here are some carrot soups you should also try:

Carrot & Parsley Soup in a bowl with garlic croutons and crusty bread. — Carrot & Parsley Soup

Carrot & Coriander Soup
Carrot & Parsley Soup
Broccoli & Cheddar Soup (with carrot)
Kale Soup (with carrot)
Cream of Leek, Potato & Carrot Soup
Carrot & Ginger Soup with Marmite Croutons
Sweet Potato & Carrot Soup

I’m sure you’ll love this creamy and garlicky Tomato, Carrot & Dill Soup as much as I do. Plus it’s a great recipe for using up a glut of carrots.

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