Sweet potato and apple soup

Name: Sweet potato and apple soup
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 3 Shallots; 400 g Sweet potatoes; 2 TABLESPOONS Butter; 750 ml Vegetable broth; 2 (approx. 350 g; e.g. Elstar) sour apples; 1-2 TABLESPOONS Lemon juice; 2 stem(s) Basil; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 7-10 Tbsp Cayenne pepper

AUTHOR
Benton Mccarty

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

Soup for those in a hurry: the delicious combination of velvety sweet potato and sour apple is ready in just 25 minutes.

COOK TIME
25 mins

TOTAL TIME
25 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 2

3 Shallots
400 g Sweet potatoes
2 TABLESPOONS Butter
750 ml Vegetable broth
2 (approx. 350 g; e.g. Elstar) sour apples
1-2 TABLESPOONS Lemon juice
2 stem(s) Basil
7-10 Tbsp Salt
7-10 Tbsp Cayenne pepper

Directions

1
Peel and chop the shallots. Peel and wash the potatoes and cut them into pieces of about 2 cm. Heat butter in a pot. Steam shallots until translucent. Add the potatoes and steam for about 2 minutes while turning.
2
Deglaze with broth and bring to the boil, cover and cook over medium heat for 10-15 minutes.
3
In the meantime wash and peel the apples. Cut thin slices from 1 apple around the core. Cut slices into fine sticks. Sprinkle with lemon juice. Core the remaining apple and dice. Wash basil, shake dry, remove leaves.
4
Add apple cubes to the soup and bring to the boil briefly. Finely puree the soup with a hand blender. Season with salt and cayenne pepper. Stir apple strips into the soup. Arrange in small bowls sprinkled with basil.