This creamy leek and sweet potato soup is packed with flavor, comforting, healthy and cosy. It is a perfect, warm Winter dinner or healthy lunch. Dip some crunchy baguette into this tasty soup or serve with our favorite cheese toast. Make this vegetarian French onion soup next and take a peek at our collection of French soups.
Leek sweet potato soup ingredients
- Leeks
- Sweet potato
- Onion
- Garlic cloves
- Bouillon cube
- Ras El Hanout spice
- Hot chili flakes
- Liquid cream
- Grated cheese
It is coooooold outside. Like seriously cold. Therefore, we have made a decision, we want to eat as many nutritious and comforting meals as possible allll Winter long. We keep adding new soup recipes to our repertoire and also love Dutch Split Pea Soup, Miso Soup with Leeks and Carrots and our Autumn Glow Butternut Squash Soup.
Tips to make the perfect leek sweet potato soup
- You can enjoy this soup completely mixed or you can undermix a bit and enjoy a chunkier soup.
- Ras El Hanout is our favorite mixture of spices (along with these organic Herbes de Provence) and truly adds a special flavor to this recipe. Don’t skip it!
- Enjoy this soup with the cheesiest cheese toast.
Add your own twist to this soup
- Use a vegetarian bouillon cube to make this a 100% vegetarian recipe.
- We topped this leek sweet potato soup with Emmental cheese, but you could grate your favorite cheese on top.
You may need
- You will need a hand mixer (aka. an immersion mixer) for this recipe. We love the Kitchen Aid immersion mixer. It is sturdy and gets the job done (it’s also really cute and matches the rest of our KitchenAid kitchen appliances and Le Creuset cookware in red cerise).
- To follow this recipe exactly, you will need Ras El Hanout spices. This is a mixture of delicious spices. We love this Ras El Hanout.
- Use these vegetarian bouillon cubes to make this soup 100% vegetarian.
Leek Sweet Potato Soup Wine Pairing
We highly recommend a full bodied Merlot to go with this soup, such as this Altos de San Esteban La Perra Gorda 2015 (Spain).
Leek Sweet Potato Soup
Enjoy this heartwarming soup!
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Looking for more soups?
- French Chestnut Soup
- Erwtensoep (Dutch Split Pea Soup)
- French Pumpkin Soup
- Vegetarian French Onion Soup
- Carrot Coconut Curry Soup
- Miso Soup with Leeks and Carrots
- Gingerbread Croutons (our fave soup topping!)
Leek sweet potato soup
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Leek sweet potato soup
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 mins
- Yield: For 2
Description
Learn to make this delicious + nutritious leek sweet potato soup.
Ingredients
- 3 small leeks (washed and cut into 1 inch slices)
- 1 medium sweet potato (peeled and cut into 1 inch cubes)
- 1 onion (peeled and cut into 4 parts)
- 2 garlic cloves (peeled and cut in half)
- 1 bouillon cube
- 1 liter of cold water
- 1 tbsp of salt
- 1 tsp of Ras El Hanout spice mix
- 1/4 tsp of hot chili flakes
- 1 tsp of pepper
- 5cl of liquid cream
- 2 tbsp of grated cheese (we used Emmental cheese, but you could grate your favorite cheese on top)
Instructions
- Put the leeks, sweet potato, onion and garlic in a large pot.
- Add the cold water.
- Add salt and bouillon cube and heat on medium heat for 1 hour.
- Mix with a hand mixer.
- Add pepper, ras el hanout and mix.
- Serve with hot chili flakes, cream and grated cheese.
Notes
– Use an immersion mixer to get the perfect texture. We love this Kitchen Aid immersion mixer for making smooth Winter soups.
– These Ras El Hanout spices add so much flavor to this healthy Winter soup!
– Wine recommendation : Altos de San Esteban La Perra Gorda 2015 (Spain)
We recommend this rich Merlot which would pair perfectly with our leek sweet potato soup.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Soup
- Cuisine: French
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Mandee Pogue says
This looks absolutely amazing! Seriously! I’m going to put it on my “to-do” list for the winter. I can’t wait to try it.
A Hedgehog in the Kitchen says
Hi! We hope you love it! It is perfect for a cold day! 🙂