Spicy Pumpkin And Sweet Potato Soup Food

PUMPKIN AND SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Peel and finely slice onions.Peel and cut pumpkin and sweet potato into small cubes.
• In a large saucepan over a medium heat, cook onions in the oil for a couple of minutes.
• Add the sweet potato, pumpkin, and the spices. Stir until well coated. Cook for 1 minute.
• Add vegetable stock and simmer for 20-25 minutes, or until vegetables are tender.
• Use an immersion blender, food processor or blender; blend the soup until it is smooth. See Note 5.
• Make sure the consistency is to your liking - add a little extra stock or water to thin the soup out if you wish.
• Optional - drizzle the soup with coconut cream or a garnish of your choice; fresh herbs or pumpkin seeds are great options.

SWEET AND SPICY SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large soup pot over medium heat; cook and stir shallots in the hot oil until soft, about 3 minutes. Stir apples, ginger, zest from 1 lime, red pepper flakes, and cayenne pepper into the pot. Reserve lime juice. Cook and stir mixture until apples are very soft, about 15 minutes.
• Pour chicken broth into pot; add sweet potatoes and salt. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes. Puree soup with an immersion blender until smooth. Stir reserved lime juice into soup. Garnish with lime wedges to serve.

PUMPKIN POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat 4 tablespoons butter over medium-low heat in a pot and cook onion until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add pumpkin and potatoes and stir to coat with butter. Add broth and milk. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer, covered, until potatoes soften, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Strain soup through a fine-mesh sieve. Season with salt, nutmeg, and sugar. Stir in lemon juice. Return to the pot and bring to a boil. Add cream and heat through but do not boil.
• Meanwhile, heat remaining butter in a skillet and toast bread cubes in the hot butter until browned, 3 to 5 minutes. Serve croutons with the soup.

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.

CURRIED SWEET POTATO AND PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat non-stick fry pan, add oil.
• Add onion and garlic and saute until onion softens (about 5 minutes).
• Add stock, sweet potato, pumpkin, curry, cilantro, honey and ginger.
• Simmer, covered, until potatoes are tender, about 40 minutes.
• Combine in food processor or blender until smooth.
• You can store in fridge for up to 4 days.
• To serve, heat up soup while stirring in milk. Use only enough milk to reach your desired consistency.
• Garnsh with Cilantro if desired.

SPICY PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Cut the pumpkin in half and remove the seeds with a spoon (see tip below). Cut into wedges or chunks (keep the skin on) and tip into a bowl. Put the garam masala, and 1 tsp each of the coriander and cumin into a small bowl and mix with 2 tbsp of the oil and season. Drizzle over the pumpkin and toss well to coat in the spiced oil. Transfer to a baking tray, spread out evenly and roast for 40-45 mins, turning halfway through cooking, until the pumpkin is very soft when pierced with a fork. Leave to cool on the tray for a few minutes.
• Heat the remaining 1 tbsp olive oil in a large saucepan and fry the onion with a pinch of salt for 10 mins until soft. Add the ginger, garlic and remaining spices and chilli flakes, and fry for a few more minutes until fragrant. Pour in the stock and bring to a gentle simmer.
• When the pumpkin is cool enough to touch, use a spoon to scoop the soft flesh from the skins. Add the soft pumpkin to the stock pan, discarding the skins. Remove from the heat and blitz the soup with a hand blender until creamy and smooth. Season to taste, adding extra chilli or garam masala if you like. Put back over a low heat and stir in the cream. Bring to a gentle simmer, then serve in bowls with a drizzle more cream and a pinch of chilli to serve. Top with toasted pumpkin seeds, if you like.

CREAMED POTATO AND PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan and sauté onions and garlic very gently until soft but not browned.
• Add pumpkin and potatoes and cook for a few minutes, then add tomato paste, stock, seasonings, lemon juice and allspice and bring to boil.
• Cover pan and simmer gently for about 40 minutes or until very tender.
• Puree in a blender or food processor and return to a clean pan.
• Add milk and bring back to boil, whisking continuously. Simmer for 2-3 minutes. Adjust seasonings and stir in sour cream.
• Reheat and serve sprinkled generously with coriander or parsley.
• Without the addition of cream this soup may be frozen for up to 3 months.