How to Make Delicious Hearty Carrot Chowder

Hearty Carrot Chowder.

You can have Hearty Carrot Chowder using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Hearty Carrot Chowder

1. Prepare of olive oil, extra virgin.
2. Prepare of large onions, minced.
3. You need of salt.
4. You need of red pepper flakes.
5. It’s of granulated garlic.
6. You need of bay leaf, ground.
7. You need of rosemary, ground.
8. It’s of fennel seed.
9. It’s of large carrots, minced.
10. It’s of water.
11. Prepare of large carrots, coined.
12. Prepare of large potatoes, diced.
13. Prepare of large baby bello mushrooms, sliced.
14. You need of small handful flat parsley, chopped coarsely.
15. It’s of medium stalk celery, sliced at a bias.
16. Prepare of half and half cream.
17. You need of whole milk.
18. It’s of pecorino Romano cheese.
19. Prepare of basil, minced (optional).

Hearty Carrot Chowder instructions

1. In an 8-quart stockpot, add about 3 tablespoons oil and heat on low..
2. Add the onions, minced carrots, salt, pepper flakes, granulated garlic, bay, rosemary, fennel seed, stir and marry them together..
3. Stir in the water, and as long as the onions are translucent and carrots cooked through, cool them a few minutes..
4. Transfer the mixture to a big ol' blender, and puree..
5. Transfer the puree back to the stockpot, and add in the coined carrots, potatoes, mushrooms, celery, and parsley, and heat on medium heat..
6. Add the cream, stir to incorporate, and get back up to temp..
7. Cup by cup, add the milk. Don't add a cup until the soup is back up to temp from the last cup..
8. Stir in the cheese, add basil if you like, and add more salt and granulated garlic to taste..