Tomato Sweet Potato Soup Recipes

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.

SWEET AND CHUNKY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Place the red bell pepper and yellow bell pepper in a large pot with 1/4 teaspoon butter, and cook, stirring constantly, until peppers are slightly charred. Mix in tomatoes, onion, garlic, and chicken broth. Season with salt, sugar, cloves, oregano, and basil. Bring to a boil, and cook 20 minutes, until tomatoes are soft.
• Mix the milk and cornstarch in a small saucepan, and stir until smooth. Place saucepan over medium heat, and stir in remaining 1/2 teaspoon butter. Continue to cook and stir until thickened. Mix into the pot with vegetables.
• Strain about 1/2 the vegetables from the soup and transfer to a blender. Blend until smooth, and return to the pot. Bring soup to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer 5 minutes. Remove from heat, and let sit about 5 minutes before serving.

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 & 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.

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 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.

COLD SWEET POTATO SOUP WITH TOMATOES

Steps:

• Peel onions and cut into fine dice. Peel garlic and chop coarsely.
• Peel sweet potatoes and cut into 1 cm (approximately 1/2-inch) cubes. Cut the sun-dried tomatoes into strips.
• Rinse lemon in hot water, wipe dry and finely grate half of the peel. Squeeze out lemon juice.
• Heat oil in a pot over medium heat. Sauté onions and garlic until translucent. Add sweet potatoes, tomatoes, lemon zest, ground coriander and broth and bring to a boil. Cover and cook over low heat until vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes.
• Spread the bread with butter and sprinkle with ground almonds and a little pepper. Place on a baking sheet and toast under a preheated oven grill or broiler until light brown, about 4 minutes. Remove and let cool.
• Puree the soup with an immersion blender until smooth. Season with salt, pepper and 1-2 tablespoons of lemon juice. Let cool for about 1 hour.
• Rinse chives, shake dry and cut into rings.
• Place the soup in a large jar (about 2 liter capacity)(approximately 2-quart capacity). Place chives in a small jar. Pack toasted bread slices (crostini) individually in sandwich bags. To serve, sprinkle soup with chives and accompany with the almond crostini.

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.