Sautee the onion in butter and olive oil, in a saucepan, untiltransparent.
Add in the ginger and chopped carrots, coveruntil carrots are soft.
Meanwhile, simmer chicken or vegetable stockin large pot, covered.
Once the carrots are softened, add allsaucepan ingredients into food processor and puree.
Add to stock, salt to taste, and simmer for ½hour to meld flavours.
Add apple cubes approx. 15 minutes beforeserving to soften them.
Serve with a sprinkling of fresh choppedparsley.