Pumpkin Sweet Potato And Leek Soup Food

PUMPKIN, SWEET POTATO, LEEK AND COCONUT MILK SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a soup pot over medium heat. Add the onion and leek, and cook for a few minutes, until soft. Stir in the pumpkin, sweet potato, and vegetable broth. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to low.
• Simmer for about 15 minutes, until vegetables are tender. Mash vegetables coarsely using a potato masher. Stir in the coconut milk, season with salt and pepper, and serve.

RECIPE FOR PUMPKIN, SWEET POTATO, AND LEEK SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a heavy-bottom pot. Add leeks, onion, celery, carrot, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, and garlic, and saute until they start to brown. Add bay leaf, stock, and cream; bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook until all vegetables are tender. Add sage, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt and pepper to taste. Remove bay leaf, and puree. Serve hot.

PUMPKIN, SWEET POTATO & LEEK SOUP

Steps:

• start by sautéing the onion and garlic in coconut oil on low-medium heat on the stove-top, in a LE CRE-- USET/dutch oven, until they are translucent
• follow by adding in the leeks and let cook until softened
• next, take your chopped pumpkin, sweet potato/yams and carrot and add them into the pot
• pour in your vegetable broth and bring to a boil
• reduce heat to medium and continue until these veggies are throughly cooked
• season with a few teaspoons of ground nutmeg and/or cinnamon (sorry, I didn't measure the amounts here, but I wasn't shy)
• then, take an immersion hand blender and puree the soup until smooth
• at the same time, add in the coconut milk slowly, and continue blending until desired consistency is reached
• allow time to simmer on low heat for flavours to melt together
• serve it up in a bowl and sprinkle with a pinch of sea salt and ground pepper
• finish with a few dashes of hot sauce if you want a little bite!
• p.s - I added in an extra spoonful of coconut milk to give it a pretty swirl in the end
• enjoy!

LEEK & SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Saute the leeks for 4 minutes in the butter. Add the stock and sweet potato and bring to the boil. Simmer for 15 minutes, or until the sweet potato is cooked.
• Season the mixture with black pepper, remove from the heat and allow to cool.
• Place the cooled soup into a food processor, and liquidise until smooth.
• Return the soup to the pan and bring back to the boil, adding any extra water as necessary to thin the soup to the required consistency.
• If desired, grill the bacon until crispy, and cut into bite sized pieces.
• Place the soup into the serving bowls and sprinkle the bacon pieces over the top.

PUMPKIN & SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Peel the sweet potatoes and pumpkin and cut into cubes of roughly the same size.
• In a large saucepan, melt the butter using a medium heat.
• Leaving the heat setting the same, add the onions and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add the pumplin, sweet potatoes, ginger, caraway seeds and stock.
• Season to taste, cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes until sweet potatoes and pumpkin is tender.
• Remove from heat and puree in batches in a food processor.
• Place in a clean suacepan, add honey and cinnamon.
• Bring to the boil then remove from heat.
• Add more seasoning if necessary.
• Top with cheese then serve.
• For a heartier meal cook you favourite pasta shapes for 5 minutes (so still firm), drain then add to the pureed soup.
• Simmer for 5 minutes and then serve.

PUMPKIN, POTATO, AND LEEK SOUP

Steps:

• Cut an 8-inch square of cheesecloth, and place the cloves, peppercors, bay leaf, and parsley in the center; bring up the ends to form a sack and tie securely with kitchen twine; set aside.
• In a large saucepan, saute garlic and leeks in olive oil over medium heat until tender but not brown, about 3-5 minutes.
• Add the cinnamon and thyme and cook 1 minute longer.
• Add the chunks of potato, pumpkin, the stock, and the spice bag; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes, or until potatoes and pumpin are fork-tender; discard spice bag.
• Cool soup 5-7 minutes; then puree in batches in a blender or food processor.
• Return pureed soup to pan and add half and half, salt, sugar, cayenne, and ground pepper (to taste).
• Cook over low heat until heated through, but do not boil.
• Adjust seasonings and serve garnished with fresh parsley.