Cold Green Apple Soup Food

CURRIED APPLE SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add shallots; cook until soft and translucent, about 2 minutes. Add ginger and curry powder; cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add apples, potato, salt, and chicken stock. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, and cook until potato is tender when pierced with a paring knife, about 12 minutes. Remove from heat, and let cool slightly.
• Use an immersion blender, or transfer mixture to the jar of a blender, working in batches if necessary so as not to fill more than halfway; puree just until smooth (do not overprocess). Return soup to pan; stir in cream, and season with salt and pepper. Place over medium heat until soup is just heated through; do not let it boil. Divide soup among serving bowls, and garnish with sour cream.

APPLE SOUP (COLD) RECIPE - (5/5)

Steps:

• Peel, core and quarter 6 apples. Combine with apple juice, lemon juice, sugar, cinnamon stick and vanilla in large saucepan. Cover and cook over medium heat until apples are very soft, about 20 minutes. Let cool, then cover and refrigerate 24 hours. Remove cinnamon stick. Add orange juice and whipping cream to apples and puree in batches in blender until smooth. Pour into chilled tureen. Shred remaining 2 apples (unpeeled) and stir into soup along with liqueur. Serve immediately.

CELERY, CARROT AND GREEN APPLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil over medium heat in large sauce pan. Add carrot, celery, and onion, allowing to cook 2 minutes.
• Add butter and stir to melt.
• Add stock and cook for 10 minutes.
• Add apple, tomato paste, bay leaf and brown sugar. Cook for 2 minutes longer. Remove bay leaf.
• Transfer soup to blender or use an immersion blender, blend until smooth. Strain soup through fine sieve, keeping liquid and discarding any solids.
• Season with salt and pepper and serve hot.

CHILLED CUCUMBER APPLE SOUP

Steps:

• Over medium heat saute the shallots in the grapeseed oil for about 5 minutes until the shallots are translucent. Allow to cool completely and then combine with the rest of the ingredients in a food processor and puree to smooth consistency. Strain through a fine mesh strainer and season, to taste, with salt and pepper. If the soup is too thick, add more vegetable stock.

APPLE SQUASH SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat butter over medium-high heat. Add onion and sage; cook and stir 2-4 minutes or until tender. Add broth, apples and water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 12 minutes., Add squash, ginger and salt; return to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes to allow flavors to blend. Remove from heat; cool slightly., Process in batches in a blender until smooth; return to pan. Add milk; heat through, stirring occasionally (do not allow to boil). Freeze option: Freeze cooled soup in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally; add broth if necessary.

CUCUMBER AND APPLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, melt the butter and gently fry the onion and garlic until softened and translucent.
• Add the cucumbers, apples and stock and bring to the boil; reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and when cool enough to transfer to a blender or processor, blend until smooth; season to taste.
• TO SERVE: Serve this soup hot with garlic bread and garnish soup with chives and a little cream; alternatively, chill the soup in the fridge and serve garnished with cucumber slices and natural yogurt.