The Hunger Games: Train Car Dinner – Thick Carrot Soup

The Hunger Games: Train Car Dinner

The Hunger Games:Thick Carrot Soup

A thick carrot soup, green salad, lamb chops and mashed potatoes, cheese and fruit, a chocolate cake.

The Hunger Games

For the first part of the tribute train car dinner, we have thick carrot soup.  The consistency of this soup is quite thick and I wanted to keep with the description in the book.  You can easily bump up the amount of stock in the recipe to adjust to the consistency you desire.

The Hunger Games: Train Car Dinner - Thick Carrot Soup

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The Hunger Games: Train Car Dinner - Thick Carrot Soup yield: 4      prep time: 15  minutes     total time: 45 minutes

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 35 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

• 2 tbsp - olive oil
• 120 g or 1 - medium leek white and light green parts only, thinly sliced
• 2 - cloves garlic minced
• 1 pound - carrots peeled, large diced
• 1 - granny smith apple peeled, cored and large diced
• 1 tsp - cumin
• 2 1/2 cups - chicken stock
• 1/4 cup - heavy cream
• salt and pepper to taste
• bacon to garnish
• sour cream to garnish

Instructions

 

• Heat the oil over medium heat in a heavy bottom pot.  Add the leeks and garlic and cook for 3 minutes while making sure the garlic does not get too dark.  Add the diced carrots, apples, and cumin.  Cook for 10 minutes.
• Add the chicken stock and bring it to a boil.  Reduce it to a simmer and cook until the carrots are soft.  Remove the pot from heat and transfer the mixture to a blender.  Blend the soup in batches if your blender is too small or is more than half full. Place a towel over the lid of the blender and medium until the soup is smooth.
• Return the soup back to the pot, season with salt and pepper and add the cream to finish.  It's optional to garnish the soup with a dollop of sour cream and crispy bacon.

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