Apple soup is a soup prepared using
apples as a primary ingredient. The apples can be
puréed, sliced, or boiled and used whole.
Onions, carrots,
parsnip and pumpkin are used in some preparations.
Some recipes use chicken or vegetable
broth or
stock
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, while some others use water or
apple cider.
Additional ingredients can be added according to taste, such as cinnamon, lemon juice, sugar,
ginger
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,
curry powder, salt and pepper.
It is sometimes served as an
appetizer.
Apple soup has been used as a dish to feed the sick, as occurred circa the early 1900s in the United States.
Gallery
File:AppleCheddarParsleyTruffleSoup (8301296137).jpg, Apple soup with truffle
File:Carrots & apples soup (15239022563).jpg, An apple and carrot soup
File:Apple parsnip soup with apple relish.jpg, An apple and parsnip soup topped with apple relish
See also
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List of soups
References
Fruit soups
Soup
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