Apple + Curried Pumpkin Soup - USA Apples

Ingredients

• Gala
• , Soup
• Yield: 4 servings
• Prep Time: 10 Minutes
• Total Time: 40 Minutes
• 1⁄2 large white onion
• 2 stalks celery, finely chopped,
• 2 carrots, peeled and finely chopped
• 2 Gala apples, peeled and diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 can pumpkin puree
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp ground turmeric
• 1⁄2 tsp ground black pepper
• 1 tsp salt
• 1⁄2 tsp ground chili pepper
• 1⁄4 tsp all spice
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 900 ml carton vegetable stock
• 1⁄4 – 1⁄3 cup soy cooking cream (regular cooking cream if you don’t want to make it vegan)
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• In a large pot on medium heat, add in your olive oil, onion, celery and carrots. Sauté the vegetables for eight minutes, or until all the vegetables have softened.
• Next, add in the minced garlic and sauté for another 2 minutes.
• If more oil needs to be added, add it in, then add in all your spices. Evenly coat all the vegetables and continue mixing for 2 minutes. This helps release the aromatics from the spices.
• Add in the diced apples and evenly coat the apples with the spices as well.
• Now, add in the pumpkin puree, then pour enough vegetable stock to cover the apples and vegetables. This should be a little over half the carton of stock.
• Add in the bay leaf and let the soup come to a boil.
• Once boiling, turn the heat down to low, cover, and let simmer for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes and the apples have softened, turn off the heat.
• Remove the bay leaves and then ladle the soup into a blender. Blend for 1-2 minutes until the soup is smooth and there are no lumps. If you have a hand-held blender, you can use that instead to blend.
• Transfer the soup back into your pot and turn the heat on the stovetop back on to a low heat.
• Slowly add approximately 1 cup of vegetable stock to the soup to thin it out. More or less stock can be added depending on your preferred level of thickness.
• Finally, add in the cooking cream and mix the soup together so everything is well incorporated and heated through.
• Ladle and serve!