Orange You Glad I Didn’t Say Poopy Diaper?
I don’t know what it is about orange soup that is so damn unappetizing. Everyone loves a good pumpkin, orange or carrot. Why can’t you then cook, partly puree and deliciously present ANY of those thing?? Such seems to be my burden and orange soup curse. The good news is that the knock-your-beanie-off flavor of this soup totally makes up for the fact it looks like something that came out of a baby diaper.
(Let’s take a moment to admire the deep pink-red color of freshly scrubbed sweet potatoes. How lovely!)
What’s the name of the soup that inspired this rant? What is so delicious and yet photographically grotesque?
Sweet Potato- Leek and Spicy Sausage Soup
adapted from Eatwell member Josiah Bragdon’s recipe
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed in 1” pieces
- 2 leeks, thoroughly washed, tough green leaves removed, cut into 1/2” pieces
- 4 cloves of garlic, minced
- 6 cups+ chicken broth
- 2 large spicy Italian sausage, remove casing and cut into medallions then quarter
In a stock pot over medium heat, add the olive oil, leeks and garlic. Saute until the leeks are soft. 7 minutes? More or less.
Add the sweet potato cubes to the cooked leeks and pour in the chicken broth.
Simmer for approximately 20 minutes until the sweet potatoes are soft. If at any point your broth is running low, feel free to add a dash more.
While the sweet potatoes stew, cook the sausage. In a skillet, brown the sausage nuggets in oil. When finished, let them drain on a paper towel.
Time to gross-ify your soup! Use a Cuisinart wand hand blender to puree parts of the soup. You can make it as smooth or chunky as you want. You could also remove parts of the soup and use a blender.
Add the sausage to the soup and salt/pepper to taste. Allow your soup to simmer, with a lid, for 10-15 minutes and then serve. Enjoy!
(eeeeeeeww)
I hereby decree yesterday’s CSA recipe iou NULL and VOID! This great recipe used not uno but dos items from last week’s box. Celebration! Now to find a way to eat two whole winter squashes.
Seriously San Francisco (internet?), I DARE YOU to try and take a tasty looking picture of this stuff. Can’t be done. I’ll definitely keep trying… just as long as I get to eat the completed soup attempts.
