Sweet Potato Soup

It’s September and we’re looking forward to some autumnal weather and the tasty foods that accompany it. We’re kicking it off with Sweet Potato Soup!

Sweet Potato Soup

Leisa Sutton

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Course Soup

Ingredients

  

• 1/2 stick butter
• 1 tsp minced garlic
• 1 medium diced onion
• 1 rib celery, diced
• 4 cups chicken stock
• 1 1/2 lbs sweet potatoes
• 1 lrg apple (of your choice)
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

 

• Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the garlic, onion, carrot and celery and cook on low until tender and translucent. Add chicken stock and the sweet potatoes, increase the heat a little and cook, stirring from time to time, until the sweet potatoes are tender. Add the apples and cook another 5 minutes or so, until they are tender.
• Add heavy whipping cream, season with salt and pepper. Allow soup to cool slightly, then purée it with an immersion blender or in a blender. You may have to divide this in two batches.
• Simmer for 5 minutes, Serve hot

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