Sweet Potato Soup and Roasted Garlic Crostini
There's nothing more comforting on a snow day than a bowl of soup.
Every winter, I spend countless delicious hours preparing bowls upon bowls of soup often creating novel recipes using whatever I have in my cabinets. Today, I'll be sharing one of my easiest & most beloved recipes.
For this recipe, I had 4 ingredients; sweet potato, coconut milk, vegetable stock & salt.It's literally that simple, irresistibly delicious & filling when paired with a roasted garlic crostini.
Ingredients for the Sweet Potato Soup
- 5 small sweet potatoes or 2 medium sweet potatoes
- 1/4 cup of Coconut Milk
- 1.5 cups of vegetable stock ( or chicken stock, up to personal or dietary preference)
- Salt, to taste.
Ingredients for the Roasted Garlic Crostini (Optional)
- 1 french baguette
- 1 bulb of garlic
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
Steps for the Sweet Potato Soup
- In a pot of boiling water, cook the peeled and quartered sweet potatoes. Cook for about 15-20 minutes, until tender.
- Once the potatoes are tender, add the potatoes to a blender ( I've used a hand blender) and add 1 cup of veggie (or chicken) stock.
- Blend until smooth.
- Add sweet potato puree to a small pot or saucepan and simmer on low heat.
- Add an additional half cup of stock and simmer on low heat for 2 minutes.
- Add the 1/4 cup of coconut milk.
- Stir until blended.
- Add salt to taste.
- Serve immediately.
- Store leftovers in a sealed container in the fridge.
Steps for the Roasted Garlic Crostini (optional)
- Cut the baguette into small pieces & set aside.
- Set oven to 400 degrees.
- Cut & discard the top layer of the garlic bulb, place in foil paper, cover in olive oil & close the foil.
- Roast for 30 minutes.
- Toast the crostinis and smear with the garlic spread.
THE FINISHED MASTERPIECE
This recipe is one of the easiest and most delicious meals I've come up with and I hope you savor it as much as I have and will be doing again later today (yay leftovers~!).
If you try the recipe or just love my pretty food pictures, leave a comment below.
Stay warm out there, folks.
love & light,
Rachel.