Melody Wren, The Cook's Kitchen - Soup isn’t something you normally associate with summer, but served cold or at room termperature, it can be a simple summer meal with a fresh baguette. Recently, I had 8 guests for dinner after working all day (what was I thinking?), and served appetizer portions of soup in tiny chinese tea cups. The look was stunning and the guests were definitely im pressed. Most soups are best made ahead to allow the flavour to blend.

With bounties of delicious mangoes in every grocery store at bargain basement prices, I knew I wanted to incorporate them into the summer soup for my guests.

A combination of beta-carotene-rich mangoes and carrots, energized with vitamin-packed orange juice, makes this is an interesting and healthy soup - hot or cold.

Carrot-mango soup

• 6 to 7 large carrots, about 2 lbs - organic have the best flavour
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 tsp curry powder
• 4 cups chicken broth [Trial vegetable broth for a possible vegan option]
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 large, very ripe mangoes
• snipped chives or chopped parsley

Peel and coarsely chop carrots. In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and curry. Cook , stirring frequently, until onion has softened and mixture is fragrant, about 5 minutes. Add carrots, broth, juice and salt. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until carrots are very tender, about 30 mnutes.

Meanwhile, peel and slice mangoes away from stones. Coarsely chop. Puree in a food processor until as smooth as possible. Turn into a small bowl. When carrots are tender, remove from broth and puree in batches using a little broth in saucepan. Stir in mango puree. Heat over medium low heat , uncovered and stirring often, until hot, about 5 minutes. Serve hot or refrigerate and serve cold with a scattering of snipped chives. Soup will keep well, covered and refrigerated for up to 3 days or freeze. Makes 8 cups.

Comments (3)

	1. 23-07-2007 04:12
	Great recepie but has no nutrition value   i try to put the icons and didn't work either.   I will love that your recepies have nutrient value, like:  Calories, protein, fats, etc.    Norma

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	2. 23-07-2007 13:29
	Great recepie but has no nutrition value Hi Norma, Thank you for the feedback. While this would be a wonderful feature to have, since our recipes are contributed from various people, we do not have the manpower or a special nutrional calculator to run each recipe. Whenever the author of the recipe provides it, we put it up. However, there are many calculators on the web that you can use should you wish to have more information.

Alisa

	3. 09-05-2008 12:15
	Great recepie but has no nutrition value   I loved this rececpie.I'm on a diet and loosing weight a lot and when I have sweet cravings I have this soup instead of choclate or cakes. It is much better and healthlier than cakes or other sweet stuffs. Thank you for this recepie. It did help me a lot.

Adie

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