Spiced Pumpkin And Sweet Potato Bisque Recipes

SWEET POTATO BISQUE

Steps:

• Add the butter to a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Once the butter melts and becomes foamy, add the garlic, onions and ginger and saute until tender and fragrant, 3 to 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add the chipotle pepper and saute for 1 minute longer while breaking it up with a wooden spoon. Add the chicken broth, apple cider and sweet potatoes. Bring to a simmer and cook until the sweet potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.
• Puree the soup using an immersion blender until smooth and velvety. Finish by stirring in the heavy cream. Top each bowl with sour cream if using.

PUMPKIN SPICE SWEET POTATO WEDGES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375˚ F. Bake the potatoes in the center of the oven until tender but still firm in the center, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool slightly, about 30 minutes. Cut each sweet potato lengthwise into 6 wedges and arrange cut-side up in a single layer on a baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil (about 1/4 cup) and sprinkle with salt. Bake until crisp and browned around the edges, 25 to 30 minutes. Bring the brown sugar and 3/4 cup water to a simmer in a small saucepan. Stir in the pumpkin pie spice and cook over medium-low heat until syrupy, 3 to 5 minutes. Arrange the sweet potatoes on a platter and drizzle with the sauce.

ROASTED BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND SWEET POTATO BISQUE WITH SMOKED APPLEWOOD BACON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Combine squash, sweet potatoes, olive oil, salt, and pepper together in a bowl; toss to coat. Pour out onto a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven, flipping the vegetables once, until slightly caramelized and tender, about 60 minutes.
• Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until slightly crisp, 7 to 10 minutes. Reserve 1 tablespoon bacon drippings. Drain the bacon slices on paper towels; crumble bacon.
• Heat bacon drippings and butter together in Dutch oven over medium heat. Saute onion and butter in hot butter mixture until onion is translucent, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Pour the white wine into the pan and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Cook until white wine is reduced by half, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Stir roasted squash mixture into onion mixture; add stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until all vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Pour vegetable mixture into a blender no more than half full. Cover and hold lid down; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend. Puree in batches until smooth. Return pureed soup to Dutch oven.
• Stir half-and-half into pureed soup; cook and stir over medium-low heat until soup is warmed through, about 5 minutes. Stir nutmeg into soup; season with salt and pepper to taste. Ladle into bowls and top each with crumbled bacon.

SWEET POTATO BISQUE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, stirring occasionally. Remove with a slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Discard drippings, reserving 2 tablespoons in pan., Add carrots and onion to drippings; cook and stir over medium-high heat until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer., Stir in water, sweet potatoes, bay leaves, curry, salt, cinnamon, paprika and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until vegetables are tender, 10-15 minutes. Discard bay leaves. Stir in cream and sour cream just until blended. Cool., Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine mint, oil, sugar, salt, pepper flakes and pepper. Let stand 5-10 minutes., Process bisque in batches in a blender until smooth; return all to the pan. Heat through (do not boil). Ladle bisque into bowls; drizzle with minted chili oil.

PUMPKIN SPICE SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to the 450 degrees F.
• Cook the sweet potatoes: Place the sweet potatoes in the center of the oven and bake until tender when pierced with the tip of a knife, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Let cool slPeel the potatoes and cut them crosswise into 1-inch-thick slices. Arrange them in an 8-by-12-inch baking dish and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Flavor the sweet potatoes: Meanwhile, in a medium pot, bring the sugar and 1/2 cup water to a simmer over medium heat. Stir in the vinegar and pumpkin pie spice and cook until syrupy, 5 to 8 minutes. Pour over the potatoes.
• Bake and serve: Toss the marshmallows with the melted butter in a large bowl, use a fine-mesh strainer to sprinkle them evenly with the cayenne and arrange them on the potatoes. Bake until the marshmallows puff and brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Set the oven to broil and broil the tops for 1 to 2 minutes. Sprinkle with the pecans.

PUMPKIN-COCONUT BISQUE

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add onion and garlic. Sauté until golden, about 10 minutes. Add pumpkin, broth, sugar, allspice and crushed red pepper. Bring to boil. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer until flavors blend, about 30 minutes.
• Working in batches, puree soup in blender until smooth. Return soup to pot. Bring soup to simmer, thinning with coconut milk to desired consistency. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Rewarm soup before continuing.) Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle with nutmeg and serve.

PUMPKIN AND SWEET POTATO BISQUE

Steps:

• 1. Cook bacon in large heavy pot over medium heat until bacon is crisp and fat is rendered, about 5 minutes. Remove bacon with slotted spoon to drain on paper towels. Leave fat in pot. crumble bacon and set aside.
• 2. Saute' the onion, garlic, cinnamon, allspice, and ginger in bacon fat until tender, about 5 minutes. Season vegetables with salt and pepper. Stir in chicken broth and canned pumpkin, then add the sweet potatoes.
• 3. reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes or until sweet potatoes are tender. Puree soup with immersion blender until smooth. Stir in heavy cream and cayenne. Serve with bacon crumbles and chives as garnish.

SPICY PUMPKIN BISQUE

Steps:

• Melt the butter or margarine in a large stockpot.
• Add onions, celery, and garlic and sauté until onions are clear.
• Add stock, tomatoes, bay leaves. nutmeg, and cayenne pepper(if using).
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to a simmer and cover. Cook until vegetables are soft, about 20 minutes.
• Strain and reserve the liquid.
• In a food processor or blender, pureé the vegetables with some of the liquid.
• Strain through a sieve.
• In the stockpot, combine the remaining liquid, pureed vegetables and pumpkin.
• Heat through while stirring, about 10 minutes.
• Add cream.
• Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Heat through while stirring about 5 minutes.
• Garnish with parsley and Kitten's Garlic Croutons (Recipe #125034).
• Serve and enjoy!