Reviewed: Feb. 13, 2000

This is a very exotic soup: the spices give it a wonderful Middle Eastern flavor. Its thick enough that it could almost be used as a party dip with pita bread... Guaranteed to impress!

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Joe Bob

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Ridgecrest, California, USA

Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 7, 2000

I found this to be a little bland. Perhaps could have used more broth and less water?

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MARTIANSPYGIRL

Reviewed: Nov. 2, 2002

A really interesting and tasty soup. I replaced two of the sweet potatoes with carrots when I realized I didn't have as many leftover baked sweet potatoes as I thought. Still a delicious recipe though.

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Stephanie

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Living In: Eugene, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 6, 2003

Man 'o Man! What a treat on a cold winter night. I made this bisque for a pot luck but I couldn't help sneaking a bowl before taking it to my sister's place. Bland? I think not!

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KITCHENWHIZ1

Reviewed: Jul. 8, 2005

I switched the numbers for the potatoes and sweet potatoes so that there are more sweet potatoes. I also used 1 10 oz. can of broth and cut the water to compensate. Cut the thyme and add 1/4 to 1/2 cup chopped cilantro, 2 tsp paprika, 1/4 tsp. curry powder and 1/4 tsp. cinnamon. Increase the buttermilk to 1 1/2 cups. Garnish with cilantro and sour cream instead of chives. Brilliant. This had a great color and consistency. I expected a more earthy, filling quality, but it's even better the next morning. You could make it entirely vegetarian by using vegetable broth. Oh, I forgot to mention that I do this in the slow cooker: Peel and chop your root veggies and let them cook in the broth on high for 4-6 hours. Reduce the heat to LOW, add the spices and buttermilk and cook for another hour. Use an immersion blender to purée it all. It's easier than transferring it to a traditional blender

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CHAMMI

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2005

I had a sweet potato bisque when I was back in college that reminded me a lot of pumpkin pie -- I was hoping that this recipe might get me something similar. I made a few changes to start -- I upped the number of sweet potatoes to 4, and regular potatoes to about 2.5. I used regular baking potatoes, but I think Yukons might work better next time. Along with the onions and garlic, I sauteed about a 1/3 cup carrots. I decreased the water to 6 cups, and made up the difference with chicken stock. After the spices were added, I also added about 3/4 cup brown sugar (slightly too much), about 1 generous tablespoon cinnamon, and a full pint of lowfat buttermilk. While the spices do give this dish a zing, the sweet potato flavor is sorely lacking. I will likely up the number of sweet potatoes next time to 5 or 6, and definitely cut back on the amount of regular potatoes, nutmeg and thyme as they were a bit overpowering.

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Heather

Reviewed: Dec. 18, 2005

The proportions on this seem very off. The recipe says it serves eight but it made a lot more than that. This sounded really good but turned out quite dissapointing.

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JENIQ

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Jul. 16, 2006

This was a wonderfully creamy soup. I served it with a crusty baguette bread at a 5 course meal to a bunch of girls at camp. They loved it! It was missing something, however. I never quite put my finger on what it was actualyl missing, but something was a little off. It was still wonderful!

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Leslie Sullivan

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Estacada, Oregon, USA

Living In: Hood River, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 12, 2006

Sorry, just wasn't for me. I don't even think that it was the recipe necessarily. I guess I just don't care for this in general. I found it to be rather drab and just not worth it. (I like sweet potatoes, but they just don't seem to be enough to pull off a soup.)

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JULAINE59

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: West Allis, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 27, 2006

This was good. I did it with about 9 sweet potatoes (no regular potatoes), about 6 or 7 cups of milk and no water or chicken stock, a cup of apple juice, subbed garam masala, chili powder,fresh grated nutmeg, & cumin for the other spices. Added a little brown sugar at the end. It was just sweet and spicy enough for us. I think the buttermilk was the only thing i kept, and it was good. I just added some vinegar to a couple cups of milk and put that in at the end after pureeing. I will keep this but I would never make it with just water. I like creamy soup.

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