Tomato Sweet Potato Soup Food

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.

CABBAGE, POTATO, AND TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir the onion, potatoes, celery, and garlic in the melted butter until the onion and celery are translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Pour the water over the vegetable mixture; stir the chicken bouillon into the liquid until dissolved. Bring the mixture to a boil; cook at a boil until the potatoes are fork-tender, about 5 minutes.
• Stir the cabbage into the boiling liquid. Reduce heat to medium. Add the tomatoes with juices, ketchup, hot sauce, and Italian seasoning; stir to combine. Allow the mixture to simmer until the flavors have a chance to mix, about 15 minutes.

ROASTED SWEET POTATO AND TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Cut the tomatoes in half, scoop out the seeds and discard.
• Peel and mince half the garlic.
• Combine minced garlic, tomatoes, and 1 tbsp olive oil in a baking dish and roast at 425 F until the tomatoes are shriveled (about 30-40 minutes).
• Cut the sweet potatoes in half the long way, place cut-side down in a dish, drizzle with 1 tbsp olive oil, and roast at 425 for 25 minutes (can be done with the garlic and tomatoes).
• Chop the onion, peel and chop the carrots, and chop the celery.
• Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a skillet and cook the onion, carrots, and celery until the onion turns translucent (10 minutes or so).
• Combine onion/carrot/celery mixture with stock in a saucepan. Remove skin from sweet potatoes and add to saucepan. Simmer uncovered for 40 minutes.
• Meanwhile, chop tomatoes and reserve (along with the minced garlic).
• Add thyme, chives, and sage to the soup. Use an immersion blender to process the soup until smooth. Alternatively, remove and process in a food processor (may have to do this in steps if your food processor is not large enough).
• Chop the parsley and walnuts. Ladle soup into bowls. Place a large spoonful of the tomato and garlic into the center of each bowl and garnish the soup with walnuts and parsley. Serve hot.

TOMATO POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, sauté oil and garlic over medium heat for 2-3 minutes
• Gradually add the potatoes and a pinch of salt and pepper, and continue to sauté for 5-7 minutes
• In another large saucepan, place the crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, parsley, oregano, bay leaf, 2 tablespoons salt, and a pinch of pepper, and bring to a boil over medium heat
• Stir occasionally to avoid burning
• Add the potato mixture and 3 cups of water, reduce the heat, and simmer for 1 hour
• Bring a pot of water to a boil and cook the pasta until al dente, according to the package instructions
• As your pasta is cooking, add the heavy cream to the tomato and potato mixture
• (The potatoes should be soft, but not falling apart
• ) Add additional salt to taste
• Drain the pasta well and add to the tomato and potato mixture
• Ladle into bowls and garnish with the cheese
• Excerpt from Italian Moms: Something Old, Something New by Elisa Constantini with Frank Constantini
• Copyright © 2017 by Elisa Constantini with Frank Constantini
• Used with permission by Sterling Epicure
• All rights reserved
• Potato-Parsnip Soup with Grilled Cheese and Pears

SWEET & CREAMY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute onions in butter until tender. Add garlic; cook 2 minutes longer. Stir in the tomatoes, water, brown sugar, bay leaves, basil, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes., Combine flour and water until smooth. Stir into tomato mixture. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in evaporated milk; heat through (do not boil). Discard bay leaves. Garnish with fresh basil if desired.

TOMATO SWEET POTATO BISQUE WITH PESTO GRILLED CHEESE CROUTONS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Place the sweet potato on a baking sheet and bake until soft, 35 to 40 minutes. Allow to cool, then peel it.
• Meanwhile, heat a large deep skillet over medium-high heat. Add the olive oil and heat until just hot. Add the carrots, celery, onion and salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions just turn translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic, thyme and bay leaf and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are nice and brown, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Stir in the tomatoes with their juices and cayenne, then stir in the broth. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to maintain a steady simmer until the carrots are tender, about 15 minutes. Remove and discard the thyme sprigs and bay leaf. Add the roasted sweet potato.
• Using a blender, puree the soup until silky smooth. Return the soup to the skillet and heat on low. Stir in the cream. For a thinner soup, stir in more broth. Season to taste and serve hot with the micro basil and Croutons.
• To the bowl of a food processor, add the basil, garlic, pine nuts, Parmesan, lemon zest and salt. Pulse until the mixture forms a chunky paste, scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl occasionally. With the machine running, add the olive oil in a steady stream. Keep processing until the desired consistency is reached, pulsing less for a more coarse pesto and more for a smooth one. Season to taste.
• To make the sandwiches: Spread some pesto on 1 side of 2 slices of bread. Arrange a slice of Cheddar over the pesto on 1 slice of bread. Sandwich with the other slice of the bread, pesto-side down. Repeat with remaining pesto, bread and Cheddar.
• Mix the butter and mayo together in a small bowl. Spread a generous layer on both sides of each sandwich.
• Place the sandwich in a nonstick skillet and turn the heat to medium-low. Cook, turning occasionally, until the bread is nice and toasty and golden brown, the cheese is melty and the sandwich is heated through. Repeat with the remaining sandwiches. Cut into croutons.

TOMATO AND SWEET PEPPER SOUP

Steps:

• Put the butter in a large pan, when the butter is melted: add the chopped onion and garlic: cook until translucent. After this add the chopped red pepper, tomatoes and the potatoes and coat in the butter.
• Add the vegetable stock and bring to the boil. Cook the vegetables until the potatoes are cooked through. This should be between 20 to 30 minutes.
• Take the soup off the heat, let the soup cool a little then blend using a hand blender.
• Add the creme fraiche to make the soup creamy if wanted.
• Serve with freshly buttered crusty bread.

TOMATO-SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in Dutch oven or large saucepan. Add onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden, about 10 minutes. Add all potatoes and stir to coat with oil. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and cayenne, then pour in the water. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered until potatoes are very soft, about 30 minutes.
• Puree about three-quarters of the potatoes in batches in food processor or blender. Return to soup and crush remaining large chunks with back of wooden spoon.
• Stir in tomatoes and simmer 15 minutes. Crumble bacon over soup and serve hot.

SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepot, over medium-low heat, cook the flour and butter, stirring constantly until roux achieves a light caramel color. Add the broth and brown sugar, bring to a boil, then lower to a simmer. Stir in the sweet potatoes and spices, bring to a simmer again, and cook for 5 minutes more. In a blender, puree the soup in batches and return to saucepot. Add the milk, and reheat soup. Season with salt and pepper, ladle into warm soup bowls and serve.