Easy Sweet Potato and Pear Soup

Easy Sweet Potato and Pear Soup
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1/4 cup chopped carrot
  • 1/4 cup chopped celery
  • 3 sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
  • 3 Bartlett pears, peeled and diced
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1/2 teaspoon thyme
  • 5 cups low-sodium chicken broth
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/2 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


  1. 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.
  2. Stir chicken broth and paprika into the pot; bring to a boil. Simmer until sweet potatoes are soft, about 15 minutes. Discard cinnamon stick.
  3. 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.
  4. Stir heavy cream, maple syrup, and lime juice into the blended soup. Simmer until flavors combine, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

03/31/2018
Easy Sweet Potato and Pear Soup, recipe PT15M PT1H 5 455 calories

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