Lick your bowl yam soup
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INGREDIENTS
  • 3 yams or sweet potatoes, peeled and cut in ½” slices, then quartered
  • 1 large or medium onion
  • 1-2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
  • 1 potato, peeled and roughly chopped
  • 1 carrot, peeled and roughly chopped
  • 1 celery stick, roughly chopped
  • 1.1 litres (about 5 cups) of chicken stock
  • Crème fraiche
DIRECTIONS
  1. In a large saucepan put in the yams or sweet potatoes, onion, garlic, potatoes, carrot, celery and cover with chicken stock.
  2. Bring up to the boil, then simmer for 20-30 min until the vegetables are very soft.
  3. Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly.
  4. Ladle the soup in batches into a blender and puree until smooth. Alternatively, use a hand mixer and puree the soup directly in the saucepan.
  5. To serve; ladle into warm soup bowls and garnish with a swirl of crème fraiche and a sprinkling of flat leaf parsley.