Sausage and Sweet Potato Soup From Holiday Favorites From America’s Christmas Town by Vicky Casey

In the newest Year Round Christmas book, O Deadly Night, by Vicki Delany, Vicky Casey, owner of Victoria’s Bake Shoppe, writes a cookbook. Along with her favourite cookies, tarts, and cakes, she has suggestions for fancy holiday meals or quick suppers to feed the visiting crowd. For the first time in this series, there are some recipes in the book. One of them is a perennial favourite of mine (Vicki Delany).

 This soup is hearty and filling and the perfect thing to have on the back of the stove if people are arriving at different times.

Makes 8 servings

Sausage and Sweet Potato Soup

Ingredients:

 ·         2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

·         1 lb sausage (I used hot Italian for a bit of extra heat)

·         2 medium onions, chopped

·         2 large garlic cloves, minced

·         2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices

·         1 pound white-skinned potatoes, peeled, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices

·         6 cups chicken broth

·         1 5-ounce bag fresh spinach

·         Salt and pepper 

 Method:

Heat 2 tablespoons oil in frying pan over medium-high heat. Add sausage; cook until brown, stirring often, about 8 minutes. Transfer sausage to paper towels to drain.

Add onions and garlic to pan and cook until translucent, stirring often, about 5 minutes.

In a large stock pot, add all potatoes and broth; bring to boil, add garlic and onions, scaping browned bits off bottom of frying pan

Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until potatoes are soft, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes.

Using potato masher, mash some of potatoes in pot.

Add sausage. Stir in spinach and simmer just until wilted, about 5 minutes.

Season with salt and pepper.

 

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Sausage and Sweet Potato Soup from Vicki Delany

As the nights get longer and the temperatures colder, it's time for soup! I love this one, because it's filling enough for a main course. I never use milk or cream in soup, because I believe the vegetables should be all you need to create that thickness and texture and soupy goodness. 

Sausage and Sweet Potato Soup

Makes 8 servings

Ingredients:

·         2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

·         1 lb sausage (I used hot Italian for a bit of extra heat)

·         2 medium onions, chopped

·         2 large garlic cloves, minced

·         2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices

·         1 pound white-skinned potatoes, peeled, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices

·         6 cups chicken broth

·         1 5-ounce bag fresh spinach

·         Salt and pepper 

 

Method:

Heat 2 tablespoons oil in frying pan over medium-high heat. Add sausage; cook until brown, stirring often, about 8 minutes. Transfer sausage to paper towels to drain.

Add onions and garlic to pan and cook until translucent, stirring often, about 5 minutes.

In a large stock pot, add all potatoes and broth; bring to boil, add garlic and onions, scaping browned bits off bottom of frying pan

Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until potatoes are soft, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes.

Using potato masher, mash some of potatoes in pot.

Add sausage. Stir in spinach and simmer just until wilted, about 5 minutes.

Season with salt and pepper.

Follow Vicki at www.vickidelany.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/evagatesauthor. You can sign up to receive Vicki’s quarterly newsletter at Vicki Delany – Canadian Author of Mystery Novels and Suspense Novels » Contact

 

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Sausage and Sweet Potato Soup from Vicki Delany

I was given this fabulous basket of produce from my farmer neighbours so set about trying to find the perfect recipe for all those lovely sweet potatoes, and I came up with this soup.  

This is the perfect dish for those cold winter nights, or if you’ve come in from a walk in the snowy woods or maybe skiing or skating.  Delicious, hot, and filling.

 

Sausage and Sweet potato soup

 INGREDIENTS

        ·         2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
·         1 lb. sausage (I used hot Italian for a bit of extra heat)
·         2 medium onions, chopped
·         2 large garlic cloves, minced
·         2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
·         1 pound white-skinned potatoes, peeled, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
·         6 cups chicken broth
·         1 5-ounce bag fresh spinach
·         Salt and pepper        

PREPARATION

 Heat 2 tablespoons oil in frying pan over medium-high heat. Add sausage; cook until brown, stirring often, about 8 minutes. Transfer sausage to paper towels to drain.

Add onions and garlic to pan and cook until translucent, stirring often, about 5 minutes.

In a large stock pot, add all potatoes and broth; bring to boil, add garlic and onions, scaping browned bits off bottom of frying pan

Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until potatoes are soft, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes.

Using potato masher, mash some of potatoes in pot to give a slightly thick consistency 

Add sausage. Stir in spinach and simmer just until wilted, about 5 minutes.

Season with salt and pepper.

 

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