Nourish, Sequim’s new garden-to-plate restaurant and gathering place, is featuring a series of meals created using items from Nash’s farm share boxes each week. Tanya, one of the owners of Nourish, says, “This has become our house soup and we think it’s particularly good because of the super-sweet Nash carrots.”
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup chopped sweet onion
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon minced ginger
2 pounds carrots, peeled and chopped into even pieces
1 medium russet potato, peeled and chopped
Vegetable stock for vegetarian version
1/4 cup pine nuts
1 1/3 cups plain yogurt
1 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon minced fresh thyme
1/2 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper, plus more for seasoning
Carrot season is here! Nash’s super-sweet carrots make an excellent soup.
In a heavy Dutch oven, over medium-high heat, add the olive oil and the sweet onions.
Sprinkle with salt and sweat for 10 minutes, until just starting to caramelize.
Add in the garlic and ginger and saute for 2 minutes more, being careful not to burn the mixture.
Stir in the carrots, potatoes and the vegetable stock.
Bring to a simmer, cover and cook until carrots and potato is very tender, about 15 to 18 minutes. Keep warm.
In a small saute pan, over high heat, lightly toast the pine nuts and set aside to cool.
In a small bowl, combine the yogurt, honey, thyme and black pepper.
With a stick blender, puree the carrot mixture and gradually add in the pine nuts and the yogurt mixture. Adjust seasonings with salt and pepper, to taste, and serve immediately.