I can feel summer dying into autumn and I’m pining for both – holding still to warm, sunny days and longing for the promises of Fall.
If you follow me, you’ve heard me say it once or twice already – I love when the turning of the seasons is palpable.
So while we are currently in the throes of an Indian Summer, the leaves show signs of autumn, falling in hues of burnt orange and amber, the roadside corn is beginning to dry out into crisp stalks of tan and brown, and the once proud sunflower fields are slumped with their tired heads hanging low.
Our local apple orchard is ripe for picking, and though full-on sweater-weather is still just out of reach, I’m indulging in the early autumn feels with this creamy Potato and Apple soup while the seasons duke it out – besides, I already know which one will win in the end.
My Potato and Apple soup will carry you straight through apple season and will be particularly lovely when the temperatures submit ever more to the autumn chill. When days spent at the orchard leave you with cold cheeks and fingertips, warming up with a piping hot bowl of this rich and filling soup will be sure to set you right again.
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Ingredients
- 3 tbsp butter
- 2 medium yellow onions
- 1½ tsp fine sea salt
- 1/4 cup dry white wine recommended: Sauvignon Blanc
- 2 medium apples, peeled and sliced 1/4-inch (3.5-cm) thick recommended: honey crisp
- 1 clove garlic, finely grated
- 5 cups organic chicken broth, pus more as needed
- 1/2 cup apple cider
- 2 medium russet potatoes, peeled, halved and sliced 1/4-inch (3.5-cm) thick
- 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Handful of fresh sage leaves (about 20), slivered *
- Sour cream, as optional garnish
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a large and deep pot over low-medium heat. Add the onions, sprinkle lightly with salt and saute, stirring often, until they become tender and deeply caramelized, about 20-30 minutes. Remove the pot from the heat and add the wine. Return to a low-medium heat and deglaze the pan by scraping up all the brown bits that have accumulated.
- Add the apples and garlic and gently stir until the garlic is fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the broth, cider and potatoes. Add the salt and pepper and stir to mix well. Raise the heat and bring the contents to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer, uncovered, until the potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes, they should easily pierce with a fork.
- In the meantime, frizzle the sage leaves by adding the olive oil to a medium skillet with deep sides. When the oil is hot and shimmery, add the sage leaves – careful as they often pop when sizzling. Fry until crisp, 1 minute. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the sage to a paper towel lined plate to cool. They will continue to crisp-up more as they cool down. Don’t discard the sage-infused oil, set it aside to very lightly drizzle onto each serving.
- Turn off the heat under the soup mixture.
- Using a blender with a heat tolerant canister, slowly ladle the soup in small batches, careful to only halfway fill. Note that overfilling will result in the hot soup popping the lid. Working in small batches, with the lid on, and with a kitchen towel over the lid, blend the soup until it is smooth. The consistency of the soup should be thick and creamy, bisque-like, with fluidity and movement (see notes below). Transfer to a medium-sized pot and keep the soup over low heat. Continue pulsing the rest of the soup in the same way.
- Taste and adjust the seasonings, if necessary. Remove the soup from the heat and ladle into individual bowls. Garnish each bowl with a dollop of sour cream and frizzled sage leaves. Drizzle lightly with the sage infused oil, if desired.
Notes
- If the potatoes used are too large, it could result in a soup that is thicker than desired. To thin, warm up extra broth and add it into the soup a little at a time, until the desired consistency is reached. Taste and adjust the seasonings if necessary.
- If the apples on hand are quite small, consider using four of them instead of two medium apples as indicated.
- If the soup is too thin after blending, consider adding heavy cream in at the end (after the soup has been heated through and is off the heat). Start with 1/4 cup (60 ml) of cream and add it in slowly while whisking, until the desired consistency is reached. Taste and adjust the seasonings if necessary.
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