Recipe: Perfect Hearty Carrot Chowder

Hearty Carrot Chowder.

You can cook Hearty Carrot Chowder using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Hearty Carrot Chowder

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