Roasted Sweet Potato Soup
A thick, sunset-orange soup of sweet potatoes roasted with red onion, garlic, cumin and smoked paprika, then blended smooth and sharpened with lime — roasting gives it a caramel depth that boiling can't.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 kg sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 1 medium red onion, quartered
- 3 garlic cloves, unpeeled
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 l vegetable stock, hot
- 1 lime, juiced
- to taste salt and black pepper
- 2 tbsp pumpkin seeds, toasted, to serve
- 1 pinch chilli flakes, to serve
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 1522 kcal · P 39.7g · C 208.8g · F 64.1g
Estimated from 10 of 11 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Heat the oven to 200°C/400°F.
- 2Toss the sweet potatoes, onion and garlic with the olive oil, paprika, cumin and a pinch of salt on a large tray.
- 3Roast for 35 minutes, turning once, until soft and caramelised at the edges.
- 4Squeeze the garlic out of its skins into a pot, add the roasted vegetables and the hot stock and simmer 5 minutes.
- 5Blend until completely smooth.
- 6Add the lime juice and season with salt and pepper.
- 7Serve scattered with the pumpkin seeds and a pinch of chilli flakes.
Questions and answers
How long does Roasted Sweet Potato Soup take to make?
About 60 minutes: 15 min prep and 45 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Roasted Sweet Potato Soup?
11 ingredients: sweet potatoes, red onion, garlic cloves, olive oil, smoked paprika, ground cumin, vegetable stock, lime, salt and black pepper, pumpkin seeds, chilli flakes.
How many servings does this Roasted Sweet Potato Soup recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Roasted Sweet Potato Soup?
About 381 kcal, with 9.9 g protein, 52.2 g carbohydrate and 16 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Roasted Sweet Potato Soup recipe suit?
It is vegan and dairy-free.
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