Easiest Way to Make Chinese Pear Soup Dessert

Easy Sweet Potato And Pear Soup

Spear with rock sugar, a popular chinese dessert in winter, also a home remedy for coughing.

Recipe Summary Easy Sweet Potato And Pear Soup

Fabulous holiday or winter soup. The addition of pears adds a different slant. When serving, garnish with a swirl of cream. Can be made up to two days ahead of time.

Ingredients | Chinese Pear Soup Dessert

1 tablespoon butter

1 onion, chopped

¼ cup chopped carrot

¼ cup chopped celery

3 sweet potatoes, peeled and diced

3 Bartlett pears, peeled and diced

1 cinnamon stick

½ teaspoon thyme

5 cups low-sodium chicken broth

1 teaspoon paprika

½ cup heavy whipping cream

1 tablespoon maple syrup, or to taste

1 tablespoon lime juice, or to taste

salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions

Melt butter in a pot over medium heat. Add onion, carrot, and celery; cook and stir for 1 minute. Add sweet potatoes, pears, cinnamon stick, and thyme; cook and stir until fragrant, about 2 minutes.

Stir chicken broth and paprika into the pot; bring to a boil. Simmer until sweet potatoes are soft, about 15 minutes. Discard cinnamon stick.

Fill blender halfway with soup. Cover and hold lid down with a potholder; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend. Pour into a pot. Repeat with remaining soup. Return to pot.

Stir heavy cream, maple syrup, and lime juice into the blended soup. Simmer until flavors combine, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

You can add 1 can pear nectar in step 4 if desired. Reduce the chicken broth or increase the amount of pears and sweet potatoes slightly if you do.

Substitute Bosc pears for the Bartlett pears if preferred.

Info | Chinese Pear Soup Dessert

prep: 35 mins cook: 25 mins total: 1 hr Servings: 6 Yield: 6 servings

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