Carrot and Lemon Soup

Summary

Ingredients

• 500 g carrot (s)
• 1 lemon (s), untreated, juice and zest it
• 1 bay leaf
• 800 ml vegetable stock
• salt
• Cayenne pepper
• Lemon balm or mint for garnish
• some sour cream

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Instructions

1. Wash and scrape the carrots. Cut 1 - 2 carrots into julienne strips and set aside.
2. Finely dice the remaining carrots, simmer with bay leaf and grated lemon zest in vegetable stock for approx. 15 minutes. Remove the bay leaf, strain the soup through a sieve or puree it, season with lemon juice, salt and pepper.
3. When serving, add a dollop of sour cream to the soup and garnish with the julienne strips and lemon balm or mint leaves.