Fresh Creamy Lettuce Soup | Vitamix
This version of creamy lettuce soup uses sweet potato, onions and garlic for its base. Blend with fresh lettuce until smooth, then return to the pot and finish with cooking cream and optional chili flakes.Dietary note: Contains dairy. This recipe is not vegan.
Ingredients
- 3 lettuce (375 g) (Sucrine Lettuce or Romaine Lettuce)
- 1 medium size (250 g) Sweet Potato, cut into pieces
- 2 medium size (125 g) onions, chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
- 2 tbsp (30 g) Unsalted Butter
- 3 cups (720 ml) Water
- 3/4 cups (180 ml) Cooking Cream 35 %
- 1/2 tsp (3 g) Salt
- Pepper
- Chili Flakes (optional)
Instructions
- Place a large pot over medium heat. Add butter, onion and garlic. Cook for about 2-3 minutes.
- Then, add sweet potato and cook for about 1 minute.
- Add water and bring to a boil.Cook until sweet potato is fork tender (about 10-15 minutes)
- Add salt and pepper.
- Add lettuce, stir and turn off heat.
- Transfer soup to blender and blend until smooth.
- Transfer soup back to pot over medium heat.Add cooking cream.Bring to a boil and then turn off heat.
- Drizzle with cooking cream and sprinkle with some chili flakes.