Carrot and Stilton Soup (For Your Microwave)

twissis's Note:

I have been tripping my way thru the Australian Womens Weekly cookbook series & selectively entering a few recipes I saw as truly spec. This one is from the *Microwave 2* cookbook that I almost opted to ignore & that would have been a big mistake since this gem was found early on. I have not made this soup yet, but it does not get easier than this for the blue cheese lovers amongst us. *Enjoy* !

• Total Time: 22 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 4

Yield: 4.0 Soup Se ...

• 2 ounces butter
• 3 medium carrots (chopped)
• 1 small chicken stock cube (crushed)
• 2 cups hot water
• 2 ounces Stilton cheese or 2 ounces blue cheese , crumbled
• ½ cup cream

Directions:

1. Combine butter & chopped carrot in a lrg microwave-safe bowl or dish w/a lid. Cover & cook on HIGH for about 6 minutes or till carrots are tender.
2. Add stock cube + water, cover & cook on HIGH for 6 minutes.
3. Blend or process mixture till smooth (I would use my stick-blender for this step).
4. Add crumbled cheese + cream & reheat, but do not boil. Sprinkle w/a little extra cheese &/or fresh-snipped chives as desired & serve immediately.

Reviews

[Boo Chef in West Texas]

This was so easy and so good! I'm a carrot girl from way back so this is right up my alley. Made as directed with Stilton cheese just perfect! Made for Queens of Quisine ZWT 6

[Vina]

I am just now eating this soup and cannot say enough good things about it....creamy, rich, and absolutely delicious. It's hard to believe how easy it was to make. I made it even easier by using already shredded carrots (about 2 1/2 cups). The only other changes I made were to use veggie stock base and add just a slight sprinkle of sweet curry powder. Thank you, twissis, for such a delicious and easily made soup...mmm!

[Andi of Longmeadow Farm]

Well twissis this is an enchanting soup. When you take a sip, or two, you feel that everything must be alright with the world. The SMooooThness.....is just well...outstanding. Please try this soup, you won't be disappointed. This is an easy soup to put together, and you can use $$ blue cheese or even a lesser blue cheese crumble. The only addition was I threw in some minced onion, (I was chopping for "Saturday Lunch at the Farm" and put them with the onions on the first round. No need for salt, maybe the chives as suggested, but other then that such a wonderful recipe. Thanks so very much twissis, this is a more then keeper.