Creamy Spiced Pumpkin, Carrot & Sweet Potato Soup
WHAT YOU NEED
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 cup Cacique Crema Mexicana
- 1 onion (peeled and sliced)
- 2 cloves garlic (peeled and chopped)
- ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp. ground allspice
- 2 sweet potatoes or yams, peeled and roughly diced
- 2 large carrots, peeled and roughly diced
- 2 cups pumpkin, canned or butternut squash, cubed
- 1 granny smith apple, cored and roughly diced
- 1-liter vegetable stock
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp butter
- Pepper and salt to taste
HOW TO MAKE IT
- In a saucepan, heat the oil, and fry the onion until translucent. Add the garlic and fry until turning golden. Add the cinnamon and allspice and cook until fragrant.
- Add the sweet potato, carrot, and pumpkin and fry for another few minutes.
- Add the apple, stock and vanilla essence. Season with pepper and salt. Stir, cover with a lid and simmer for 20 minutes until the ingredients are soft.
- Once cooked add the butter and Crema Mexicana, then allow to cool a little and blitz the soup using a stick blender directly in the cooker pot, or transfer to a blender or food processor and whizz until silky smooth. Check the seasoning and add a little more vanilla if required.
- Serve with a swirl of crema and pumpkin seeds
- Instructions for an Instant Pot or other electric pressure cookers: Using the saute function, fry onion until translucent. Add the garlic and fry until turning golden. Add the cinnamon and allspice and cook until fragrant. Add the sweet potato, carrot, and pumpkin and fry for another few minutes.
- Add the apple, stock and vanilla essence. Season with pepper and salt. Cover and seal the lid and set to cook on high pressure for 7 minutes.
- Once cooked add the butter and Crema Mexicana, then allow to cool a little and blitz the soup using a stick blender directly in the cooker pot, or transfer to a blender or food processor and whizz until silky smooth. Check the seasoning and adjust as required.
- As above, served topped with a swirl of crema and pumpkin and sunflower seeds.
