Creamy Sweet Potato Zucchini Soup Food

CREAMY SWEET POTATO AND ROSEMARY SOUP

Steps:

• In an 8-quart stockpot, melt the butter and oil together over medium-high heat. Add the shallots and garlic. Season with salt and pepper and cook until soft, about 3 to 4 minutes. Add the sweet potatoes, rosemary and chicken broth. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer until the sweet potatoes are very tender, about 20 to 25 minutes. Turn off the heat and remove the rosemary stems. Using an immersion blender, blend the mixture until smooth and thick. Whisk in the mascarpone cheese and maple syrup until smooth. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Keep the soup warm over low heat until ready to serve.
• Cook's Note: The soup can also be pureed by ladling, in batches, into a food processor or blender and blended until smooth.

CREAMY ZUCCHINI SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Stir in flour until blended. Gradually stir in the milk, water, bouillon, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. , Add zucchini. Simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes or until zucchini is tender. Stir in cheese until melted.

CREAMY SWEET POTATO AND VEGGIE SOUP

Steps:

• In a stockpot, saute onion in butter until transparent but not browned. Add the sweet potatoes, zucchini and broccoli; saute lightly for 5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Stir in broth; simmer for a few minutes. Add potatoes and seasonings; cook another 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Stir in cream and heat through.

CREAMY SWEET POTATO WITH GINGER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil over medium-high heat in a large, deep saute pan until shimmering.
• Add sweet potatoes, then onion; saute, stirring very little at first, then more frequently, until vegetables start to turn golden brown, 7 to 8 minutes.
• Reduce heat to low and add butter, sugar and garlic; continue cooking until all vegetables are a rich spotty caramel color, about 10 minutes longer.
• Add ginger, nutmeg and cayenne pepper; continue to saute until fragrant, 30 seconds to 1 minute longer.
• Add broth; bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer, partially covered, until sweet potatoes are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Using an immersion blender or traditional blender, puree until very smooth, 30 seconds to 1 minute. (If using a traditional blender, vent it either by removing the lid's pop-out center or by lifting one edge of the lid. Drape the blender canister with a kitchen towel. To 'clean' the canister, pour in a little half-and-half, blend briefly, then add to the soup.)
• Return to pan (or a soup pot); add enough half-and-half so the mixture is souplike, yet thick enough to float garnish. Taste, and add salt and pepper if needed. Heat through, ladle into bowls, garnish and serve.

ZUCCHINI/POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a saucepan, bring broth to a boil. Stir in zucchini, potato and onion. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender. , In a small bowl, beat eggs; blend in lemon juice and 1/2 cup hot broth. Return to the saucepan. Heat over medium for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Do not boil. Stir in dill, salt and pepper.

CREAMY SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Bake sweet potatoes until soft, about 45 minutes. Remove potatoes, and set aside until cool enough to handle. Then peel, and place in a large bowl. With a large fork or potato masher, mash potatoes for 15 to 20 seconds (they do not need to be mashed smooth).
• Spoon the potatoes into a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir in butter, water, tomato sauce, and half-and-half. Season with salt, pepper, and thyme. Stir in cashews, and mix well. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium low, and simmer until cashews are soft, about 50 to 60 minutes.

CREAM OF SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake sweet potatoes in preheated oven until soft, about 1 1/2 hours (you can also use a microwave). Remove and let cool slightly.
• Peel sweet potatoes, and puree with chicken broth in batches, using enough chicken broth so that it purees smoothly. Bring puree to a simmer in a large saucepan over medium-high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low. Stir in the sugar, salt, nutmeg, black pepper, and cayenne pepper; cover, and let simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in cream.

CREAMY SWEET POTATO ZUCCHINI SOUP

Steps:

• Sauté onion until transparent.
• Add the zucchini, sweet potato, and carrot.
• Sauté for about 20 minutes, then add water, sherry, and milk.
• Cover pot and let simmer for about a half hour.
• Once everything is soft, puree with immersion blender.
• Taste and adjust seasonings.

GIADA'S CREAMY SWEET POTATO AND ROSEMARY SOUP

Steps:

• In an 8-quart stockpot, melt the butter and oil together over medium-high heat.
• Add the shallots and garlic, season with salt and pepper, and cook until soft, about 3 to 4 minutes.
• Add the sweet potatoes, rosemary and chicken broth. Season with salt and pepper, and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until the sweet potatoes are very tender, about 20 to 25 minutes.
• Turn off the heat and remove the rosemary stems.
• Add the mascarpone cheese and maple syrup.
• Using an immersion blender, blend the mixture until smooth. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Keep the soup warm over low heat until ready to serve.
• Cook's Note: The soup can also be pureed by ladling, in batches, into a food processor or blender and blended until smooth.

CREAMY SWEET POTATO AND ROSEMARY SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter and olive oil together in an 8-quart stockpot over medium-high heat. Add shallots and garlic. Season with salt and pepper and cook until soft, 3 to 4 minutes. Add sweet potatoes, chicken broth, and rosemary. Season with more salt and pepper.
• Bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until sweet potatoes are very tender, about 25 minutes.
• Turn off heat and remove rosemary stems. Using an immersion blender, blend mixture until smooth and thick. Whisk in mascarpone cheese until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Keep soup warm over low heat until ready to serve.

CREAM OF BROCCOLI, SWEET POTATO, AND ZUCCHINI SOUP

Steps:

• Note before you start; the basil, tarragon, and cumin are added to taste--keep tasing till you get it the way you want it.
• Break up the broccoli into flowerettes and simmer alone in another pan; set aside.
• Cover the bottom of a large pot with butter and saute onions till golden, but not brown.
• Add the sweet potato and zucchini.
• Stir till veggies are hot and then cover with the chicken stock.
• Put a colander down into the pot of liquid so that the liquid is up through the holes.
• Measure the stock because this determines how much Creamora to put in (1 teaspoon of Creamora to 1 cup of liquid) and with a whisk, whisk in the Cremora.
• Add the celery seed, nutmeg, basil, tarragon, cumin, salt and pepper.
• Bring to a boil.
• Add the Potato Buds to the colander whisking all the time till it is thick.
• Then gently take out the colaner and stir. You can use more or less depending on the thickness that you like.
• Add the cream for extra richness (or a small can of evaporated milk would also do).
• Then add the broccoli using as much as you like.
• Do not boil this soup.

POTATO AND ZUCCHINI SOUP

Steps:

• Chop vegies as roughly as you like.
• Saute with a tablespoon of butter.
• Add enough water to cover, add stock cubes.
• Cook until tender.
• Blend and mash the vegies (with fluid still in pot).
• Add the cream to taste (put more in if you prefer it creamier).
• Serve with salt and pepper to taste.

CREAMY CAJUN ZUCCHINI AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a pan, add onions and garlic.
• Sauté for 5 minutes and then add potatoes.
• Take about 100g potatoes after 8-10 minutes and put aside.
• Add zucchini and cook for 3 minute.
• Meanwhile heat chicken broth, herbs and spice in a pot.
• Add vegetables from the pan and bring to boil.
• Reduce heat and leave to cook for 40 minutes.
• Fill in a blender and puree.
• Reheat the soup and add the cream.
• Do not boil!
• Serve in bowls decorated with the leftover potato cubes.