My Famous Carrot Soup

Ingredients

• 12 cup orange juice
• 13 cup butter or 13 cup olive oil
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 2 lbs carrots
• peeled and sliced
• 14 cup sugar
• 4 cups chicken stock or 4 cups vegetable stock
• 14 cup ginger
• peeled and chopped
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• whipped cream

Instructions

1. - Saute onion and ginger in 1/3 cup of butter until translucent, do not burn.
2. - Add carrots, sugar, orange juice and enough stock to cover about a 1/2 inch above the carrots.
3. - Cook 30 minutes or until carrots are soft.
4. - Puree carrot mixture (do this in small batches).
5. - Pass through a strainer (optional), return mixture to heat and bring to a gentle boil.
6. - Add creame, remove from heat and whisk in unsalted butter.
7. - Serve hot with a swirl of savory whipped creame.