Gary and Jane Langton Provencal Recipes Soup Taste

Celebrate Fall Soup with a Roasted Carrot Soup

A tasty warming Roasted Carrot Soup made with ingredients that are easy to find and inexpensive. Roasting the carrots brings out their sweet earthy taste and the addition of ginger gives much more depth and flavour to this fall soup.

Roast Carrot Soup

It's the curl up with a good book soup. Smooth and creamy roasted carrots star in this dish with garlic and onions. A great make ahead soup to share with friends too.

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Prep Time 25

Cook Time 45

Total Time 1 10

Course Lunch Dish, Soup, Starter Course

Cuisine French

Servings people

Ingredients

8 carrots large
1/2 onion finely chopped
2 tbsp olive oil
1 Litre vegetable stock
1 sprig rosemary large
1 clove garlic large, peeled and crushed
1 piece Ginger (about 2 inches long) peeled
salt and black pepper to taste

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 200C
Peel and slice the carrots into ½ inch rounds, place them on a flat baking tray and sprinkle with 1 tbsp of the olive oil and a good pinch of salt.
Roast for 15 to 20 minutes until soft and slightly brown.
Place the vegetable stock in a large saucepan with the peeled ginger and the sprig of rosemary, bring to the boil and simmer gently for 15 minutes.
In another saucepan sauté the chopped onion in the remaining olive oil until lightly brown and soft.
Add the crushed garlic and roasted carrots.
Remove the ginger and the rosemary from the stock and pour over the onions and carrots.
Bring to the boil and then simmer gently until the carrots are very soft.
Leave to cool slightly and then puree the mixture until completely smooth, adding a little more stock if the soup seems too thick.
Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
To serve, reheat the soup gently and serve garnished with a little swirl of crème fraiche and some finely chopped chives.

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Gary and Jane Langton

When Jane was younger she wanted to be a show-jumper and, although she had some success, Jane knew she could never afford a horse that could take her to the top. Similarly, Jane enjoyed cooking and would have loved to be a chef, but she always knew that the unsocial hours would never fit with raising her family. So she stepped into the world of property construction and interior design, where she enjoyed a successful and fun filled career.

Gary went to a nautical school and always dreamed of going to sea, captaining his own ship. Although he managed to be selected for officer training in the Royal Navy at an early age, by the time he was 18 he no longer had 20:20 vision and his chosen field in the RN was no longer open to him. For a short period Gary studied quantity surveying before finally choosing a career in banking, during which time he lived for a period in New York before returning to London and ultimately running a global business team (involving much travel).

Jane and Gary met, via the internet, in February 2005 and their relationship took off. By 2007 they were married and, in early 2009, they both decided that enough was enough - the constant travelling with their jobs, rushed weekends together and too much politics in their business lives finally taking its toll.

So they decided on a total change of life. Jane had always dreamed of running a boutique hotel or upmarket B&B and pushed this idea which was accepted by Gary as he couldn’t come up with an alternative plan. The couple finally decided on France (proximity to their children in the UK and good weather) and spent about 18 months viewing 100+ properties in the South of France, from Provence to almost Spain and back, before finally settling (in December 2010) on an old stone house (and former silk farm) in La Bruguiere, a small village about 10 minutes from Uzes, France’s first Duchy and a beautiful little town.

The house renovation took 17 months and they first opened for business in summer 2012. As they end their sixth year in France the couple have no regrets and remain positive about their future.

Jane has finally managed to fulfil one of her childhood dreams of cooking professionally for others and continues to ride her horse. Gary works front of house at Mas d'Augustine their chambres d’hôte and (when asked) offers business advice to friends/associates in their location, whilst amusing himself by playing (bass) in a local French group. The couple recently started an additional business to project manage renovation works/remodelling (and, if requested, provide interior design) of holiday homes for absentee owners.

Life is too short to stand still and wait for it – Jane and Gary are firm believers that life is for the taking. Enjoy Jane's recipes here or spend a couple of nights to savour her cooking first hand.

Celebrate Fall Soup with a Roasted Carrot Soup