Apple Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add shallots; cook until soft and translucent, about 2 minutes. Add ginger and curry powder; cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add apples, potato, salt, and chicken stock. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, and cook until potato is tender when pierced with a paring knife, about 12 minutes. Remove from heat, and let cool slightly.
• Use an immersion blender, or transfer mixture to the jar of a blender, working in batches if necessary so as not to fill more than halfway; puree just until smooth (do not overprocess). Return soup to pan; stir in cream, and season with salt and pepper. Place over medium heat until soup is just heated through; do not let it boil. Divide soup among serving bowls, and garnish with sour cream.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion; cook, stirring occasionally, until it begins to soften, about 4 minutes. Add squash, and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 10 minutes.
• Add apples, salt, cumin, coriander, ginger, cayenne, black pepper, stock, and the water (just enough to cover). Bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, and cook until vegetables are very soft, about 30 minutes.
• Puree in batches in a food processor or blender until smooth, and return to saucepan. Heat over low, thinning with more water if necessary. To serve, ladle into shallow bowls; garnish with diced apples, jalapeno slices, and sour cream if desired.

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the onions and fry gently until softened. Add the cauliflower and diced apple and fry for 5 more mins. Add the stock cubes and milk and bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook for 5 mins, or until the cauliflower and apples are tender.
• Use a hand blender or liquidiser to purée the soup until smooth and season (the soup can now be chilled for up to 48 hours or frozen, just reheat to serve). Divide into bowls and swirl 1 tbsp cream in each along with a drizzle of oil. Top with the apple matchsticks and thyme.

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Add the curry, cinnamon, salt, cayenne and cloves; cook and stir for 1 minute. Add apples and broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5-7 minutes or until apples are tender., In a blender, puree soup until smooth. Return to the pan. Stir in lemon juice and heat through. Garnish with crackers and additional cinnamon if desired.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan melt butter over medium heat; cook onion, stirring occasionally, for 4 minutes or until softened. Add squash, apples, potato, ginger and pepper; stir in water. Cover and bring to boil; reduce heat to low and simmer for 12 to 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
• In food processor or blender, puree soup, in batches if necessary, until smooth. Return to saucepan. Stir in apple cider and brown sugar; heat to boiling. Garnish with dollop of yogurt and sprinkle with pecans.

Steps:

• Core and chop the apples. Put them in a large saucepan with the water, cider, lemon juice, and sugar. Tie the lemon zest, vanilla seeds and pod, cinnamon stick, peppercorns, nutmeg, clove, and star anise in a piece of cheesecloth and add to the pan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat and simmer until the apples break down, about 1 hour.
• Remove the cheesecloth sachet and strain the soup through a fine strainer, pushing down on the solids. Line a strainer with at least 4 layers of cheesecloth and set over a bowl. Strain the soup again and put in the refrigerator overnight to clarify.
• Run a 9 x 12-inch rimmed baking sheet under water and shake off the excess. Line the damp pan neatly with plastic wrap.
• Put the vinegar in a small bowl and sprinkle the gelatin over the surface. Let sit for at least 1 minute. Microwave for 30 seconds or heat gently in a saucepan until melted.
• Stir the gelatin into the cider. Strain through a fine strainer. Pour into the baking sheet and refrigerate until set, about 4 hours.
• Heat the oven to 375°F or 350°F on convection.
• Tear off a piece of aluminum foil and make a bed of coarse salt in the center. Set the potato on the salt, wrap tightly, and roast until the potato is very soft, about 1 1/2 hours. Unwrap. When the potato is cool enough to handle, peel it and put the flesh through a food mill.
• Line a strainer with several layers of cheesecloth. Put the potato puree in the strainer, cover with cheesecloth, and set over a bowl. Put a weight on it and let sit for at least 1 hour to get rid of the excess liquid.
• Taste the puree for salt. Put it in a bowl and make a well in the center. Add the flour, sugar, and 3 tablespoons of the egg. Mix together to make a smooth dough. Transfer to a pastry bag with a 1/2-inch opening (you do not need a tip).
• Pour the soup into a saucepan and warm it. Cut the gelée into small cubes.
• Bring a saucepan of water to a boil. Reduce the heat so you have an active simmer. Use one hand to pipe the gnocchi batter and your other hand to cut off 3/4-inch lengths with a pair of scissors or a paring knife into the water. Cook, stirring gently, until the gnocchi rise to the surface. Remove with a slotted spoon and put in small bowls.
• Ladle the warm soup over the gnocchi and garnish with a spoonful of crème fraîche and a few cubes of the gelée. Serve right away, with the tempura on the side.
• You could serve the soup with just the gnocchi or just the tempura.

Steps:

• Melt butter in large Dutch oven or stock pot over medium-high heat. Add apples, parsnips, onion, and coriander and saute lightly until slightly softened, about 12 minutes.
• Add the 3 cups stock and 1 cup milk and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until apples and parsnips are tender--about 40 minutes.
• Remove soup from heat and puree in the pot with an immersible blender, or, puree soup in a blender in small batches. Return soup to pot.
• Return soup pot to medium-low heat. Add brown sugar, salt, and pepper, stir well to dissolve sugar, and reheat to eating temperature. Serve with cheese crumbles on top. Bleu cheese, roquefort, gorgonzola and fontina cheeses all taste delicious paired with this soup. Crack a bit more black pepper on each bowlful before eating.
• NOTE: This soup keeps well. You can make it a day ahead and store in a covered crockpot crock in the refrigerator. Reheat later in the crockpot for serving.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, melt the margarine. Add carrots, apples, onion and celery; cook and stir until onion is tender, about 5 minutes. Add broth, sage, pepper and bay leaf; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until carrots are tender. Remove bay leaf. Cool soup for 5 minutes. Puree one-third at a time in a blender or food processor. Return to the saucepan; cover and cook over medium until heated through.