Roasted Garlic Ginger Sweet Potato Soup Food

ROASTED SWEET POTATO AND GINGER SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450°F. Poke the sweet potatoes with a fork, wrap in aluminum foil, and bake in the oven for 1 hour. Remove from the oven and let cool to room temperature.
• Cut the sweet potatoes in half and scrape out the flesh. Heat the oil over medium heat in a large Dutch oven or heavy soup pot.
• Add the onions and ginger, and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until the onions are translucent.
• Add the jalapeño, coriander, and nutmeg and cook for 3 minutes or until fragrant.
• Add the roasted sweet potato flesh and stock to the pot. Simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and purée with a handheld immersion blender or food processor until smooth. Season with salt.
• Divide the soup among 6 serving bowls and sprinkle with the green onions.

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.

SWEET POTATO & GINGER SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a heavy stock pot over medium-high heat. Add onions and saute until soft, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and saute until garlic begins to brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir vegetable broth, sweet potatoes, ginger, cilantro, cumin, cayenne pepper, salt, and ground black pepper into onion mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are soft, about 30 minutes.
• Remove stock pot from heat and blend soup with an immersion blender until smooth. Season with salt and ground black pepper as necessary. Serve with a dollop of sour cream.

ROASTED GARLIC AND SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Remove papery outer skin from garlic bulb (do not peel or separate cloves). Cut top off bulb; brush with 1/2 teaspoon oil. Wrap in heavy-duty foil., Place sweet potatoes and onions in a 15x10x1-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. Drizzle with remaining oil; toss to coat. , Bake garlic and vegetables at 425° for 30-35 minutes or until tender. Cool for 10-15 minutes., Place 1-1/2 cups broth, parsley, thyme, salt and pepper in a blender. Squeeze softened garlic into mixture; cover and process until smooth. Transfer to a large saucepan. , In batches, process the sweet potatoes, onions and remaining broth until smooth; add to garlic mixture. Cook, stirring occasionally, until heated through.

ROASTED GARLIC GINGER SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Slice potatoes in half lengthwise.
• Brush cut surfaces with vegetable oil and place cut side down on a baking sheet.
• Scatter garlic cloves in center of pan (you may need two pans).
• Bake until potatoes are very soft, about 25-60 minutes depending on the size of your potatoes.
• Scoop out potato pulp from skins and place in a blender (you may need to do this in several batches depending on the size of your blender and the size of the sweet potato).
• Squeeze garlic cloves from their skin (use to taste, I used about 2), and place in blender with ginger.
• Whirl potatoes, adding broth slowly as needed to produce a puree.
• Transfer puree to a large pot and stir in remaining broth and water until desired thickness (as you heat the soup it will thicken so you may need to add more water as it heats).
• Heat over medium low, stirring frequently to prevent scorching, until hot.
• Soup keeps well frozen or in the refrigerator.

ROASTED GARLIC SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Prick the sweet potatoes with a fork or the tip of a paring knife; set aside. Cut off the top of the heads of garlic to expose the cloves, trimming about 1/4 inch off of the top of each clove. You may need to trim individual cloves along the sides of each head. Brush the cut cloves with the olive oil, then nestle each head into a piece of aluminum foil.
• Place the sweet potatoes and garlic cloves directly on the oven racks. Bake for about 1 hour, removing the sweet potatoes once they have softened, and removing the garlic heads once they are tender and nicely browned.
• Peel the sweet potatoes, and place into a mixing bowl. Squeeze the individual garlic cloves into the bowl, then add the butter, sour cream, cream cheese, and cayenne pepper. Mash until smooth, then season to taste with salt and pepper. Scrape the mashed potatoes into a 1 1/2 quart baking dish, and return to the oven for about 15 minutes to reheat.

ROASTED SWEET POTATO & GARLIC SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°C.
• Toss the sweet potato, onion and garlic in oil.
• Place on a lined oven tray and bake in oven to bake for 20 - 25 minutes or until tender.
• Place the roasted vegetables in a large saucepan with stock and bring to the boil and then remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly and then blend with a stick blender in the pot or in batches in a food processor and return to the pot.
• Whisk in the cream cheese into the soup until smooth and simmer for a further 5 minutes until well heated.
• Season to taste and serve in bowls and garnish with parsley and serve with crusty bread.

ROASTED GARLIC SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large stock pot add chicken broth, sweet potatoes, apple, onion, celery, red pepper, and carrots and bring to a boil.
• Turn down the heat to a low simmer.
• Squeeze the cloves out of the roasted garlic and set aside.
• Simmer until everything is very soft, approximately one hour.
• Add garlic cloves.
• Use the immersion blender or transfer to a blender and blend soup until smooth, return to pot.
• Add Thyme sprigs and cream, stir well and slow simmer for 5 minutes until all is incorporated.
• Saute the Andouille over med-high heat until crispy and add to the pot.
• Stir and serve.

SWEET POTATO, GINGER AND COCONUT SOUP

Steps:

• Sauté garlic and ginger in oil for 1min in large sauce pan, to release flavours.
• Add vegetable stock. Simmer for 2 minutes.
• Add diced potato, reduce heat and simmer for 10mins, add lemon grass and chili, and continue to simmer until potato is soft, approximately 5mins.
• Liquidise.
• Return to heat; add coconut and yogurt. Do not boil!
• Serve (garnish with olive oil, and serve with crusty bread).