Apple soup is a delicious and versatile dish that can be made with a variety of ingredients, including squash, sweet potatoes, and seafood or meat. Recipes range from simple creamy soups to more complex dishes with added spices and flavors. Apple soup can even be made with canned apple pie filling for a quick and easy dessert option.
Most people who play a word association game won’t come back with the word apple as an answer to the word soup, but maybe they should. Apples belong in pies, in lunch boxes and chopped in fruit salads, but they also make an excellent base for a delicately sweet, chilled soup. Apple soup is a misnomer because the apple pairs with another hearty vegetable like squash or potatoes in most recipes. Variations in the pot might include sweet potatoes, carrots or tomatoes, as well as seafood or meat.
A simple, creamy apple soup marries apple with pumpkin and simmered in chicken or vegetable broth with a splash of apple, onion, and thyme juice. Once cooked, the vegetables jump into the blender for one spin. A dollop of sour cream and a sprinkle of chives makes the soup sing.
Another version of creamy apple soup substitutes squash for squash and adds maple syrup and heavy cream. This isn’t low calorie, but it’s really good. To change up the flavour, the smart cook just needs to add some curry or paste and maybe some minced ginger.
Cooks in a hurry can skip the peeling and seeding of the apples and reach for a can or two of apple pie filling instead. This sweet version of apple soup can be served before a meal, but it’s easy enough to convince kids that it’s really a dessert. Since it contains carrots, onion and celery, it’s a clever way to sneak in a little extra food that little ones won’t even notice.
Dieters appreciate a chipotle apple soup made with sweet potatoes, ginger and onion. Using chicken broth is an option, but vegetable broth works too. Adding canned chipotle in adobo sauce adds a slight heat and deepens the flavor.
Making soup the color of a sunset is a snap by adding roasted red peppers and tomatoes to a base of apple cider and heavy cream. Onions and garlic ground up the taste and a little white wine adds a top note. Once everything is cooked until soft, it’s time to mix it with a dash of sambal chili paste and a little stone ground mustard.
Hungarian apple soup will convince the company that the cook is a real genius. Yukon Gold potatoes, sage, and spicy Hungarian paprika plus peeled or unpeeled, tart, cooking apples, and chicken stock are all this soup calls for. After flavoring it in the blender, it’s best served with sour cream. For the drizzle, cook crabmeat or a couple of shrimp atop the sour cream.
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