Smoky Potato and Carrot Soup
Soft, sweet, smoky soup of caramelised onion, carrot, potato, blended into pure comfort.
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- 500 g Potatoes
- 4 Carrot
- 1 Onion
- 3 cloves Garlic
- 1000 ml Chicken stock
- 30 g Butter
- 1 tbsp Extra-virgin olive oil
- 1½ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Black pepper
- ½ tsp Smoked paprika (optional)
- ½ tsp Ground cumin (optional)
- 80 ml Heavy cream (optional)
Method
- Roughly chop the onion, garlic, carrots, and potatoes.
- Soften the onion in the butter and oil over medium for 6 minutes. Add the garlic, paprika, and cumin and cook for 1 minute more.
- Add the carrots, potatoes, stock, salt, and pepper. Bring up to a simmer.
- Cover and simmer for 20 minutes until the vegetables are very tender.
- Blitz smooth, then stir in the cream if using. Serve hot.
Nutrition per serving
Estimated from ingredients; varies with exact portions and brands.
About Smoky Potato and Carrot Soup
Smoky potato and carrot soup is a blended vegetable soup that leans on warmth and sweetness rather than delicacy — a bowl of pure comfort in the American blended-soup tradition. Where a French potage stays deliberately pale, this one builds flavor up front: onions softened in butter and olive oil until sweet, then bloomed with smoked paprika and cumin so the spices go fragrant before any liquid arrives. Carrots and potatoes give it a naturally sweet, hearty body that needs no thickener, and the smoked paprika threads a gentle smokiness through everything without turning it into a chili.
Once the vegetables are meltingly tender, the whole pot is blitzed smooth, and an optional swirl of cream rounds off any remaining edges into something soft and rich on the tongue. The flavor sits between sweet and savory, with the cumin and paprika giving a subtle earthiness that makes it feel more considered than a basic vegetable purée. It's an easy weeknight main or a starter, good with crusty bread and happy to be made ahead since the flavors only deepen. Blooming the spices in the fat before the liquid goes in is the small move that separates this version from a bland pot of boiled vegetables.
Smoky Potato and Carrot Soup: frequently asked questions
How many calories are in Smoky Potato and Carrot Soup?
One serving of Smoky Potato and Carrot Soup has about 290 calories, with 11g of protein, 34g of carbs, 13g of fat and 6g of fiber. These are estimates based on the ingredient amounts in this recipe and will vary with your exact portions and brands.
Is Smoky Potato and Carrot Soup gluten-free?
Based on its ingredients, Smoky Potato and Carrot Soup has no gluten-containing components, so it's naturally gluten-free — as always, check that any packaged ingredients you use are certified gluten-free to be safe.
Is Smoky Potato and Carrot Soup dairy-free?
Not as written — it uses Butter, Heavy cream. Swapping those for a plant-based alternative makes it dairy-free.
How long does Smoky Potato and Carrot Soup take to make?
About 35 minutes start to finish, but only around 17 of those are hands-on — the rest is largely unattended cooking time you can step away from. In the Homecooked app the timers and parallel steps are sequenced for you so the hands-on part feels even shorter.
Do I need every ingredient to make Smoky Potato and Carrot Soup?
The core ingredients are essential, but you can leave out smoked paprika, ground cumin, heavy cream — they're optional and mainly there for extra flavor or finish.
How many servings does Smoky Potato and Carrot Soup make?
This recipe makes 4 servings. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.