Sunday, February 27, 2005

Pretty darn sweet...

As promised, and despite the misleading title I kept my promise and made a soup. A sweet potato soup. For all those of you who think that only dessert can be sweet, think again. This soup is orange, slightly sweet, very healthy and very feeling. More importantly, sweet potato is considered to help memory and protect against Alzheimer's disease (according to Runner's World, you can blame my reading habits on my father). This happens to be very important right now, since I'm studying for my psychometric (like sats, but in Israel, and without a caclulator), wish me luck.

And now, for your very own thick sweet potato soup:
Cook (in the microwave or oven) 3 very large sweet potatoes. This will take a while, so you can saute chopped onions (one white large) in butter meanwhile (fry them until they're clear but not brown). Scoop out the inside and puree them in a large bowl. Add 4 cups of chicken broth and one large plain yoghurt. Add the onion and heat over stove until bubbles form on the side (it'll start spitting at you - you'll notice). Simmer over a low heat for 20 minutes (if it's still spitting, add some boiling water 1.2 a cup to a cup). Add Salt&Pepper to taste and one teaspoon nutmeg and two shots of dry red wine (great for women over forty, courtesy of runner's world, again). Simmer for fifteen minutes. Yes, it's supposed to be that thick. Serve in small portions. Very small. Enjoy and expect brainfood recipes for a while now, or maybe sugar rush foods :)

5 comments:

Moi said...

The soup sounds good too.

An Epistemology said...

That does sound good. And I need all the memory help I can get right now!

Unknown said...

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Anonymous said...

G'day leilla
I seem to have found Pretty darn sweet... while searching for things on cooking. I can see why, although I'm not sure it's exactly what I'm looking for. Just thought I'd say hello :0)

Akaky said...

Leila, this being /3/03/06, and what with your last entry being just over a year ago, do I detect a certain lack of enthusiasm for the whole concept of blogging here?