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Apple Soup with Soya Beans & Bacon

January 31, 2016 by Sarah / Maison Cupcake

Easy apple soup with soya beans and bacon is quick to make with a power blender, recipe commissioned by Bramley Apples.

Make this warming savoury apple soup from soya beans and bramley cooking apples - it's savoury not sweet

Have you ever been anxious about something not being quite right and then it completely surpassed your expectations?

I had my doubts about this flavour combination. My instinct said it should work but I was also worried it would taste like apple sauce, that the texture wouldn’t be right, that the soda bread wouldn’t go with it. I was thrown by the soya beans – generally I only eat these whole and associate them with Japanese food which couldn’t be much further away than a English fashion thick winter soup.

This soup sounds weird but the flavour will blow you away. Make this warming savoury apple soup from soya beans and bramley cooking apples - it's savoury not sweet

I’ll be honest, I’ve never used a cooking apple in the way I might a vegetable but as part of my ongoing relationship with Bramley Apples I was challenged to make a winter soup using them.

Dom at Belleau Kitchen had already produced an excellent parsnip, roasted Bramley apple and cheddar soup and for a while I was struggling how else to put cooking apples in soup. I felt bacon would pair well with apple and considered a pea soup. But I had already done bright green pea soup with cheese and chives last year and didn’t want to go over old ground.

So I mulled my Bramley apple soup throughout January and procrastinated along with my tax return until  inspiration hit. I had two ideas so one was back up if this turned out really weird. I expected my husband to pull faces and protest (as he often does with my “creations”) but to my astonishment this savoury apple soup came out better than I ever expected and he ate every last spoonful.

You can definitely taste the Bramley apple. But not too much. It’s there but it’s not too sweet and apple sauce-y nor lost in the savoury flavour. The blended texture of the soya beans didn’t go waxy as I feared, it’s smooth in the way a blended split pea or lentil soup might be. And the soda bread I’d made turned out to be the perfect accompaniment.

Best of all Ted ate it without any complaints. And that has to be a good sign.

Trust me – savoury apple soup is a thing worth trying. Here’s what you do.

Ingredients for Apple Soup

Gather your ingredients – these few things along with olive oil and water are all you need. You can use the soya beans straight from the freezer.

Sliced Bramley Apples

There’s no need to even peel the Bramley apples. Because their skins will be blended later on.

Apple and Soya Bean Soup step by steps

Fry the onions and garlic. Next add the chunks of Bramley apples and cook for a futher few minutes.

Apple and Soya Bean Soup step by steps

When the apples have browned slightly, add vegetable stock and frozen soya beans.

Apple and Soya Bean Soup step by steps

When the soya beans are just soft, remove from the heat.

Apple Soup in Vitamix

And blend until smooth in the power blender. It comes out this lovely eau de nil colour (and not remotely like my Kermit-y raw cavalo nero soup.)

Frying bacon

To scatter on top, fry strips of bacon quickly on a high heat to become crispy.

This soup sounds weird but the flavour will blow you away. Make this warming savoury apple soup from soya beans and bramley cooking apples - it's savoury not sweet

And serve with a good bread such as my easy 30 minute soda bread.

I can’t tell you how pleased we were with this soup and it will definitely become one of my star recipes. I urge you to try it and let me know how you find it!

But what of my other savoury apple soup idea? Aha I will be trying that out as well and if it’s as good as this one I will definitely be publishing it soon.

Have you ever tried apple soup or any savoury Bramley apple dishes?

Make this warming savoury apple soup from soya beans and bramley cooking apples - it's savoury not sweet

Print Recipe
5 from 1 vote

Easy Apple Soup with Soya Beans and Bacon

This savoury apple soup flavour might sound a bit weird but the flavour will blow you away.
Prep Time5 mins
Cook Time25 mins
Total Time30 mins
Course: Soup
Servings: 4
Author: Sarah Trivuncic

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp olive oil 1 for the soup, 1 for the bacon
  • 1 medium onion sliced thinly
  • 2 cloves garlic sliced thinly
  • 1 Bramley cooking apple chopped into chunks (skin on but no core)
  • 1 litre vegetable stock
  • 300 g soya beans I use frozen
  • 2 slices of back bacon cut into strips.

Instructions

  • Warm the olive oil in a deep cooking pot on medium heat.
  • Fry the onions for a few minutes without allowing them to burn. When softened add the garlic and reduce the heat to cook for a further five minutes.
  • Add the Bramley apple and raising the heat again, fry for several minutes until starting to brown.
  • Add the vegetable stock and soya beans. Bring up to the boil and simmer for ten minutes until the soya beans are cooked.
  • Meanwhile, in a frying pan heat the remaining olive oil and fry the bacon strips on a fairly high heat so they quickly brown and go crispy. Set aside.
  • When the soya beans in the soup are cooked, blend the mixture until smooth - I use a Vitamix.
  • Serve the soup with bacon strips scattered on top alongside some good bread - such as my 30 minute loaf of soda bread.

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More savoury recipes with apple

Toad in the hole with Bramley apples (Maison Cupcake – shown above)

Savoury stuffed baked apples (Farmers Girl)

Pork and apple stroganoff pie with cheddar crust (Kavey Eats)

Pork roast with apple and cider gravy (Supper in the Suburbs)

Beetroot salsa tortilla dip with Bramley Apples (Maison Cupcake)

This easy apple soup recipe was commissioned by Bramley Apples. 

Filed Under: Branded Content, Family Food Ideas Tagged With: bacon, Bramley apples

About Sarah / Maison Cupcake

Sarah has published recipes on Maison Cupcake since 2009 and lives in London.
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Comments

  1. beth says

    January 31, 2016 at 10:16 pm

    I love Bramleys and add them to homemade stuffing. This soup looks tasty!

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      February 1, 2016 at 12:42 pm

      That’s a great idea Beth, I must try that!

  2. Rose says

    February 1, 2016 at 9:01 am

    What a nice idea, and as you say, not one that immediately springs to mind. Yes I’m tempted to give it a try, soys beans are not a thing I’d normally use, so maybe time I did.

    • Sarah, Maison Cupcake says

      February 1, 2016 at 12:43 pm

      The frozen ones are wonderful. Birds Eye do some but these were Tesco own brand.

  3. Kavey says

    February 1, 2016 at 8:54 pm

    5 stars
    I love it when an idea you’re really not sure about comes out better than you hoped! And good to know how well the frozen soy beans worked.

  4. Charlie @ The Kitchen Shed says

    February 1, 2016 at 9:14 pm

    Ooooh yum! That looks delicious! I love making soup and adding beans or lentils for protein, it definitely fills me up for longer.

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