Apple Potato Soup Recipes

SWEET POTATO, CARROT, APPLE, AND RED LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large, heavy bottomed pot over medium-high heat. Place the chopped sweet potatoes, carrots, apple, and onion in the pot. Stir and cook the apples and vegetables until the onions are translucent, about 10 minutes.
• Stir the lentils, ginger, ground black pepper, salt, cumin, chili powder, paprika, and vegetable broth into the pot with the apple and vegetable mixture. Bring the soup to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the lentils and vegetables are soft, about 30 minutes.
• Working in batches, pour the soup into a blender, filling the pitcher no more than halfway full. Hold down the lid of the blender with a folded kitchen towel, and carefully start the blender, using a few quick pulses to get the soup moving before leaving it on to puree. Puree in batches until smooth and pour into a clean pot. Alternately, you can use a stick blender and puree the soup right in the cooking pot.
• Return the pureed soup to the cooking pot. Bring back to a simmer over medium-high heat, about 10 minutes. Add water as needed to thin the soup to your preferred consistency. Serve with yogurt for garnish.

CELERIAC, POTATO, LEEK AND APPLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy soup pot over medium heat and add the onion, leeks and a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring, until tender, about 5 minutes. Add the celeriac and a generous pinch of salt, cover partially and cook for another 5 minutes, stirring often, until the celeriac has begun to soften. Add the potatoes, apples, water or stock, salt to taste, and the bouquet garni. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer 1 hour, or until the vegetables are very tender and the soup is fragrant. Remove and discard the bouquet garni.
• Blend the soup in batches in a blender (cover the top with a towel and hold it down to avoid hot splashes), or through a food mill fitted with the fine blade. The soup should be very smooth. Strain if desired. Return to the pot. Stir and taste. Adjust salt, add freshly ground pepper, and heat through. Serve in small bowls or espresso cups, garnished with thin slivers of celery leaves.

SWEET POTATO AND APPLE SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Place the sweet potatoes and apple on a greased baking sheet, and roast for about 40 minutes in the preheated oven, or until tender. Cool, and peel sweet potatoes.
• Heat olive oil in a soup pot over medium heat. Add the onion, celery, bay leaf, and carrot; saute until tender. Remove the bay leaf, and discard. Pour in the chicken broth, and add the sweet potato and apple. Puree in batches using a regular blender, or if possible use an immersible blender to puree while in the pot.
• Return to the soup pot, and stir in the cream, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Taste and season with salt and pepper as needed. Heat through, but do not boil. Ladle into serving bowls, and garnish with crumbled cheese.

ROASTED APPLE, ONION, AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Toast the fennel seeds in a small dry skillet over medium heat, shaking, until aromatic. Transfer the toasted seeds to a spice mill, and grind to a fine powder. Reserve 1 1/2 teaspoons of the ground fennel. (Any remaining ground fennel may be saved in an airtight container.)
• Heat oven to 450 degrees with rack in center. Spray a 9 by 12 3/4 by 2 1/2-inch roasting pan with cooking spray. Arrange the onions and the potatoes in pan. Core 2 apples, and add to pan. Spray onions, potatoes, and apples with cooking spray, and sprinkle with the cumin, reserved fennel, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Roast 25 minutes. Remove apples from pan, and let cool. Using a spatula, turn vegetables over, and continue to roast, 25 to 40 minutes, or until onions are tender when pierced with a knife.
• Set aside 2 cooked potato quarters and 2 cooked onion quarters; cut into bitesize chunks, and reserve. Transfer remaining onions and potatoes to a food processor. Add 1/2 cup of chicken stock to pan; place over medium-high heat. Scrape up any cooked-on bits with a wooden spoon, and add the warm liquid to food processor. Add 1 1/2 cups stock to processor. Puree until smooth. Transfer puree to a stockpot. Remove peel from 2 cooked apples. Add the flesh to food processor. Add 1 1/2 cups stock, and puree until smooth. Transfer to the stockpot, stir, and warm over medium heat. (If soup is too thick, add the remaining 1/2 cup stock, and warm.) Season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
• Meanwhile, peel and core the remaining apple; cut into 1/2-inch chunks. Spray a skillet with cooking spray. Cook over medium high heat, 8 to 12 minutes, until chunks are golden brown.
• To serve, add apple, potato, and onion chunks to soup, and warm over medium heat. Season to taste. Sprinkle with tarragon.

HUNGARIAN APPLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add apple, potato, onion and celery; cook, stirring often, until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in salt, sage, paprika and pepper; cook for 30 seconds. Pour in broth and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat, cover, and gently simmer until the potato is tender when pierced with a fork, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Transfer the soup to a large blender or food processor, add sour cream and process until smooth. (Use caution when pureeing hot liquids.) Garnish with celery leaves, if desired.

APPLE-POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Saute onion in hot oil over medium-low heat in a soup pot or Dutch oven 10 minutes or until soft and translucent. Add celery and leek and saute 5 minutes. Add garlic and saute 2 minutes.
• Stir in apples and next 8 ingredients (through pepper). Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 and thinly slice apple for apple rings using a mandoline if possible. Lightly coat a baking sheet with cooking spray, and place apple slices in a single layer on sheet. Sprinkle with sugar and bake about 15 minutes. Sprinkle evenly with salt, if desired.
• Remove soup from heat and let cool slightly. Process with an immersion blender, or place soup in a food processor or blender and process in batches until smooth. Return to pot.
• Stir in milk or half-and-half and next 2 ingredients; cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until hot. Top with oven-baked apple slices, bacon (vegetarian or regular or crispy pancetta) and chives.

APPLE CHEDDAR POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In large saucepan, heat oil. Add apples, potato, celery, onion, and thyme. Saute 10 minutes.
• Stir in wine and simmer 2 minutes; add broth and simmer about 40-45 minutes or until everything is very tender.
• Using a blender or food processor, puree soup mixture, but leave just a little bit lumpy. Return to saucepan.
• Over very low heat, stir in cheese and cream.
• In a small bowl, whisk together milk and flour; add to soup and stir. Add nutmeg, and pepper. Cook just until heated through--do not boil or cheese will curdle.
• Serve.

APPLE-CHEDDAR SOUP WITH BACON

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a large pot over medium heat until crisp, 4 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer to paper towels to drain; let cool slightly, then roughly chop. Pour out all but 2 tablespoons of the drippings from the pot.
• Increase the heat under the pot to medium high. Add the onion, apples and potato and cook, stirring frequently, until the apples are soft, about 8 minutes. Add the chicken broth, apple juice, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste. Bring to a simmer and cook until the potato is soft, 10 to 12 minutes. Stir in all but 2 tablespoons of the cheddar until melted. Working in batches, transfer the soup to a blender and puree. Return to the pot and season with salt and pepper.
• Meanwhile, preheat the broiler. Spread the bread with the mustard and sprinkle with the reserved 2 tablespoons cheese. Broil until the cheese melts, about 30 seconds, then cut into 1-inch squares. Ladle the soup into bowls and top with the bacon, chives, cheese croutons and more pepper.

QUICK APPLE AND SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat add the butter and olive oil. Add the celery, onion, and thyme. Season with salt and pepper, then stir while cooking until the onions and celery are tender. Add the garlic, cinnamon, allspice, and cumin. Stir and cook until fragrant, about 5 minutes. Add the sweet potatoes and apples stirring to coat them with the contents of the pot. Add the vegetable stock and apple cider and then cover. Simmer for 20 to 25 minutes or until tender.
• In batches, carefully puree the contents of the pot in a blender or use an immersion blender. Taste and season with salt. Serve warm or chilled.
• When blending hot liquids: Remove liquid from the heat and allow to cool for at least 5 minutes. Transfer liquid to a blender or food processor and fill it no more than halfway. If using a blender, release one corner of the lid. This prevents the vacuum effect that creates heat explosions. Place a towel over the top of the machine, pulse a few times then process on high speed until smooth.

ROASTED SWEET POTATO & APPLE SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Place sweet potatoes, onion, apple and garlic cloves in a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan; drizzle with oil and toss to coat. Roast 40-45 minutes or until very tender, stirring occasionally., Cool slightly. Process in batches in a blender with broth until smooth. Transfer to a large saucepan. Stir in salt and pepper; heat through, stirring occasionally. If desired, serve with sour cream.

SWEET POTATO AND APPLE SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• Place cubed sweet potato and cut apples on a baking sheet and roast in oven for 20-30 minutes until tender.
• A few minutes before taking sweet potatoes out of the oven: In a large pot, saute olive oil and onion over medium heat for 5 minutes until onions are translucent.
• Add to the pot roasted sweet potatoes and apples, vegetable broth and salt and pepper as needed.
• Use an immersion blender to blend to desired consistency. If soup is too thick, you can add water or more vegetable broth as needed.
• Serve hot and garnish with fresh parsley.