My Sumac Roasted Carrot Apple Soup is a fruity, exotic twist on an autumnal classic — where seasonal produce staples of carrots, apples, onion and garlic are generously seasoned with sumac and simple spices, roasted to perfection and pureed with creamy cashew milk, vegetable stock, fresh ginger and zingy lemon. This ultra simple, ultra nourishing, family-friendly fall soup is vegan, gluten and refined sugar free and comes together in just one hour with twelve ingredients, including seasonings!
Course
Side Dish
Prep Time15minutes
Cook Time30minutes
After Oven Time15minutes
Total Time1hour
Servings12cups
AuthorJustine
Ingredients
SUMAC ROASTED CARROT APPLE SOUP
4apples
1yellow onion
10carrots
4clovesof garlic
2tbspExtra Virgin Olive Oil
2tbspdried sumac
1tspfreshly ground pepper
1tspHimalayan Pink Salt
6cupsvegetable stock
2cupsunsweetened cashew milk
2tbspfresh ginger
Juice from 1/2 lemon
OPTIONAL GARNISH
Pepitas
Apple slices
Sumac
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 375°F.
In the meantime, chop apples, onion and carrots into 1″ cubes, adding them into a big bowl as you go. Peel the garlic and add it to the mixture whole. Once you’re finished chopping, divide the mixture onto 1 large roasting pan.
Season liberally with olive oil, sumac, salt and pepper. Stir the vegetables around in the pan to ensure each piece is well coated with oil and seasonings. Roast at 375 °F for 30 minutes, turning and rotating at the 15 minute mark.
Remove the roasting pan from the oven and allow to cool for about 10 minutes.
Add the contents of the roasting pan to your Vitamix (or similar). Add vegetable broth, cashew milk and fresh ginger -- note that if you have a large container for your Vitamix, the entire mixture will just fit, but if you have smaller containers, you'll need to divide and blend in batches. Blend Sumac Roasted Carrot Apple Soup on high for a few minutes until completely smooth.
Add the blended mixture to a large soup pot and turn on low heat, warming through.
Remove the Sumac Roasted Carrot Apple Soup from heat and stir in the lemon juice. Taste and adjust seasonings as necessary -- you may want to add additional salt and pepper at this time.
Garnish each bowl with apple slices, pepitas and a sprinkle of dried sumac (and / or berries).
Serve Sumac Roasted Carrot Apple Soup immediately and enjoy!