{"id":750,"date":"2019-10-29T09:34:42","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T09:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/?p=750"},"modified":"2020-02-07T09:48:33","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T09:48:33","slug":"a-taste-of-fall-smoky-chipotle-sweet-potato-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/29\/a-taste-of-fall-smoky-chipotle-sweet-potato-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"A TASTE OF FALL: SMOKY CHIPOTLE SWEET POTATO SOUP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(<em>Above image of the Wiesbaden Kurhaus, 2019<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Where I live in Germany, a slight crisp is in the air. \u00a0Plump pears and apples are falling from branches, chimneys puff at dusk and corduroy pants are beginning to rustle.<\/p>\n<p>I found a recipe that exudes the elements I love about fall,\u00a0<em>Smoky Chipotle Sweet Potato<\/em>\u00a0<em>Soup.\u00a0<\/em>It was given to me by Ian Patton, a chef (and musician) in Oakland at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandoctopus.org\/\">Octopus Literary Salon<\/a>.<em>\u00a0<\/em>True to the recipe\u2019s name it is smoky, but also rich and soothing to the palette. Each bite is an indulgence that coats and warms your taste buds.\u00a0\u00a0Something I love about this recipe too, it\u2019s forgiving. Good thing considering the directions are vague. Allow yourself (trust yourself) to get creative. \u00a0Ian gives a great starting point, but he leaves it up to us to jump.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve made this soup at least half a dozen times, each time it\u2019s tweaked based on what I have in the pantry. The soup pictured didn\u2019t include apple juice (didn\u2019t have it), but I did chop up an extra apple\u2026which was plucked off the ground under my apple tree. \u00a0I also added some tortellini, too. \u00a0A\u00a0dollop of sour cream is hidden under grated Parmesan cheese and chopped walnuts.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, my favorite bowl of soup.\u00a0 Thank you, Ian!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-753 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/smokysoup-768x1024-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/smokysoup-768x1024-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/smokysoup-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Recipe Per Ian&#8230;. \u201cit\u2019s all improv with what I had on hand but here goes: 3 white and 2 red onions diced. 5 poblano peppers diced. 2 green apples diced and Saut\u00e9ed with loads of salt, cumin, garlic, and chile powder. Chop 10 lbs of sweet potatoes (I shed them in a food processor for faster cooking) and add to pot. Add a can of chipotles and a can of red enchilada sauce. Cover with veggie or chicken stock and a bottle of martinelli\u2019s apple juice and cook until potatoes can be pur\u00e9ed with an immersion blender. Season w more cumin, garlic, soy sauce. Blend and add sour cream as you do to thicken\/calm the heat. Don\u2019t let boil after the cream goes in.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*If you really want to warm up, pair this with a glass of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.leffe.com\/en\/beers\/leffe-brown\">Leffe Brune<\/a>\u00a0and chase it with a shot of good pear cognac*<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Above image of the Wiesbaden Kurhaus, 2019) Where I live in Germany, a slight crisp is in the air. \u00a0Plump pears and apples are falling from branches, chimneys puff at dusk and corduroy pants are beginning to rustle. I found a recipe that exudes the&nbsp;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/29\/a-taste-of-fall-smoky-chipotle-sweet-potato-soup\/\">&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755,"href":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions\/755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unveilingwiesbaden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}