Sweet Potato Soup
This comforting sweet potato soup features a blend of sweet potatoes, buttery Yukon Gold potatoes, carrots, and warm spices. Together, they create a rich and flavorful dish, ideal for chilly winter nights. In under an hour, you can have a creamy, delicious soup ready to serve your family.
Ingredients
Directions
Olive oil: To add richness while sautéing the vegetables.
Yellow onion: Adds a savory depth to the soup.
Carrots: For sweetness and color.
Garlic: Adds an aromatic note.
Sweet potatoes: The star ingredient, boasting a natural sweetness and smooth texture.
Yukon Gold potatoes: To help bulk up the soup with their velvety, buttery texture.
Kosher salt and black pepper: Enhances the overall flavor.
Ground cumin: Adds an earthy warmth.
Ground cinnamon: A sweet, warming spice to complement the flavor of the sweet potatoes.
Cayenne pepper: For a touch of heat. Adjust to taste if needed.
Chicken stock: The liquid base for the soup, adding umami flavor and richness.
Salted butter: For creamy richness that takes the soup to the next level.
Chopped pecans: A crunchy, nutty garnish.
Plain yogurt: Adds a contrasting color and tanginess to the soup when serving.
Fresh flat-leaf parsley: For a pop of color and bright, herbaceous flavor.
Step 1. Cook onion and carrots: Heat oil in a large Dutch oven. Add onion and carrots, and cook, stirring, until softened.
Step 2. Add garlic, potatoes, and seasonings: Add garlic, and cook 1 minute. Add potatoes, salt, pepper, cumin, cinnamon, and cayenne, and cook, stirring, 1 minute.
Step 3. Add stock, and simmer: Add stock; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are tender.
Step 4. Toast pecans: Melt butter in a skillet. Add pecans, and cook, stirring, until toasted. Transfer to a bowl.
Step 5. Blend soup: Blend potato mixture, in batches, until smooth.
Step 6. Serve soup: Top each bowl with pecans, yogurt, and parsley.
Spaghetti, meet tomato sauce; tomato sauce, meet spaghetti. Toss the two together until the spaghetti is well coated.
Transfer the spaghetti and meat sauce to the prepared baking dish and spread out into a roughly even layer.
Bring on the cheese! Scatter the mozzarella evenly over the spaghetti, then do the same with the Parmesan.
Transfer the baking dish to the oven and bake until the cheese is melted and browned in spots and the spaghetti is heated through, about 20 minutes. Garnish with parsley for a fresh touch and you're ready to serve!