Spiced Pumpkin And Sweet Potato Bisque Recipes

SWEET POTATO BISQUE

Steps:

• Roast sweet potatoes in 450 degree F (230 degrees C) oven for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and slice open, allowing to cool while assembling rest of soup.
• Saute onion and garlic in olive oil and butter until soft and slightly browned. Add potatoes to pot and saute 1 minute. Stir in flour. Deglaze pan with broth, scraping up brown bits. Add water and sweet potato flesh. Bring mixture to a boil and reduce heat to medium low. Simmer partially covered for approximately 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender. (Liquid will have reduced to approximately 8 cups.)
• Remove from heat and puree soup in batches in blender or directly in pot with hand-held blender.
• Return soup to pot and re-heat over low heat. Add buttermilk, nutmeg, ginger, white pepper, thyme, cumin, and salt and pepper to taste, stirring well.

SWEET POTATO BISQUE

Steps:

• Add the butter to a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Once the butter melts and becomes foamy, add the garlic, onions and ginger and saute until tender and fragrant, 3 to 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add the chipotle pepper and saute for 1 minute longer while breaking it up with a wooden spoon. Add the chicken broth, apple cider and sweet potatoes. Bring to a simmer and cook until the sweet potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.
• Puree the soup using an immersion blender until smooth and velvety. Finish by stirring in the heavy cream. Top each bowl with sour cream if using.

SWEET POTATO-PUMPKIN CURRY BISQUE - GLUTEN FREE & VEGAN

Steps:

• In a small pot, boil the cashews with the water on high heat for ten minutes. After the cashews are done boiling, drain the cashews.
• Preheat oven to 425°F (218°C).
• Put the cashews in a high speed blender along with the cashew milk and garlic cloves. Blend on high until the mixture is smooth and creamy, approximately three minutes.
• Take your cubed sweet potatoes and pop them onto a baking sheet with one tbsp of olive oil. Make sure to toss the potatoes to make sure they're all coated. (For an oil free version, drop the olive oil and just place the sweet potatoes on a parchment lined baking sheet)
• Put the potatoes in the oven and bake for 22 minutes. Toss half way through.
• In a large soup pot, add one tbsp of olive oil and heat to medium heat.
• Once the oil is heated, add the onions and sauté until caramelized. This will take about six minutes.
• Once the onions are caramelized, add the curry, ginger, and cumin to the onions. Sauté for another two minutes so the spices can release their oils.
• Now add the roasted sweet potato and pumpkin puree to the pot. Stir the mixture until everything is well combined.
• Add the cashew cream and the vegetable broth to the pot and stir until well combined.
• Bring the mixture to a soft boil, then reduce to a simmer.
• Let the mixture simmer together for fifteen minutes.
• Add salt and pepper to taste then blend with a submersion blender until completely smooth and creamy.
• Serve by topping the bisque with a little bit of cashew cream and pumpkin seeds.

ROASTED BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND SWEET POTATO BISQUE WITH SMOKED APPLEWOOD BACON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Combine squash, sweet potatoes, olive oil, salt, and pepper together in a bowl; toss to coat. Pour out onto a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven, flipping the vegetables once, until slightly caramelized and tender, about 60 minutes.
• Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until slightly crisp, 7 to 10 minutes. Reserve 1 tablespoon bacon drippings. Drain the bacon slices on paper towels; crumble bacon.
• Heat bacon drippings and butter together in Dutch oven over medium heat. Saute onion and butter in hot butter mixture until onion is translucent, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Pour the white wine into the pan and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Cook until white wine is reduced by half, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Stir roasted squash mixture into onion mixture; add stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until all vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Pour vegetable mixture into a blender no more than half full. Cover and hold lid down; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend. Puree in batches until smooth. Return pureed soup to Dutch oven.
• Stir half-and-half into pureed soup; cook and stir over medium-low heat until soup is warmed through, about 5 minutes. Stir nutmeg into soup; season with salt and pepper to taste. Ladle into bowls and top each with crumbled bacon.

SWEET POTATO BISQUE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, stirring occasionally. Remove with a slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Discard drippings, reserving 2 tablespoons in pan., Add carrots and onion to drippings; cook and stir over medium-high heat until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer., Stir in water, sweet potatoes, bay leaves, curry, salt, cinnamon, paprika and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until vegetables are tender, 10-15 minutes. Discard bay leaves. Stir in cream and sour cream just until blended. Cool., Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine mint, oil, sugar, salt, pepper flakes and pepper. Let stand 5-10 minutes., Process bisque in batches in a blender until smooth; return all to the pan. Heat through (do not boil). Ladle bisque into bowls; drizzle with minted chili oil.

PUMPKIN AND SWEET POTATO BISQUE

Steps:

• 1. Cook bacon in large heavy pot over medium heat until bacon is crisp and fat is rendered, about 5 minutes. Remove bacon with slotted spoon to drain on paper towels. Leave fat in pot. crumble bacon and set aside.
• 2. Saute' the onion, garlic, cinnamon, allspice, and ginger in bacon fat until tender, about 5 minutes. Season vegetables with salt and pepper. Stir in chicken broth and canned pumpkin, then add the sweet potatoes.
• 3. reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes or until sweet potatoes are tender. Puree soup with immersion blender until smooth. Stir in heavy cream and cayenne. Serve with bacon crumbles and chives as garnish.

SPICED PUMPKIN AND SWEET POTATO BISQUE

Steps:

• Peel sweet potatoes and puree in machine; strain and add cooked pumpkin and 1 cup heavy cream and bring to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add all spices and thin out to desired consistency with stock. Season with salt and pepper and garnish with chives and roasted chestnuts.;