Sweet Potato Soup With Nutmeg And Maple Syrup Recipes

SWEET-POTATO SOUP WITH NUTMEG AND MAPLE SYRUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy large pot over medium-high heat.
• Add onion and sauté for 5 minutes.
• Add chopped celery stalks and leeks and sauté until onion is translucent for about five minutes.
• Add garlic and sauté for 2 minutes.
• Add potatoes, chicken stock, cinnamon and nutmeg; bring to boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer uncovered until potatoes are tender for about 20 minutes.
• Remove cinnamon stick and discard.
• Working in batches, puree soup in blender until smooth.
• Return soup to pot.
• Add half and half and maple syrup and stir over medium-low heat to heat soup through.
• Season soup to taste with salt and pepper.
• You can garnish the soup with celery leaves.

QUICK AND EASY SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Put sweet potatoes into a large pot. Pour chicken broth over the sweet potatoes; bring to a boil, stir orange liqueur into the boiling broth, and cook until the potatoes are tender, about 25 minutes.
• Puree the sweet potatoes with the broth using an immersion blender until smooth.
• Stir half-and-half, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, and cayenne pepper into the pureed sweet potatoes; season with salt and pepper.
• Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Toast pecans in the hot skillet until fragrant.
• Ladle soup into bowls; garnish with toasted pecans.