Simple Butternut Squash Soup
Simple Butternut Squash Soup

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, simple butternut squash soup. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Plus, butternut squash is full of vitamins A and C, among other nutrients. If you want to make this soup even healthier, you could stir in Greek yogurt instead of heavy cream to boost the protein. Can you freeze butternut squash soup?

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook simple butternut squash soup using 6 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Simple Butternut Squash Soup:
  1. Get 1 small butternut squash or 1/2 large one (500 g)
  2. Take 1 small onion
  3. Get 1 Tbsp butter or olive oil
  4. Prepare 500 ml broth (I use vegetable or Kombu broth)
  5. Get 1/2 tsp salt (if using unsalted broth)
  6. Make ready optional garnish: chopped parsley and/or toasted cumin seeds

Add in thyme, cinnamon, and salt and pepper and using an immersion blender (or blender) blend until smooth and creamy. This has got to be the easiest butternut squash soup recipe ever. You start with pre-cut squash from the supermarket, then you basically throw everything in a pot, simmer it, purée it, and you're done. It's still everything you expect a squash soup to be: silky, slightly sweet, and full of flavor.

Steps to make Simple Butternut Squash Soup:
  1. This is the size butternut squash I used. It was 500 g (450 g after peeled and seeds removed).
  2. Peel butternut squash and remove seeds. Chop into bite-sized cubes. Cut onion into thin slices.
  3. Melt butter in a medium pot and sauté sliced onions in low heat until starting to turn slightly brown (about 7-10 minutes).
  4. Add the butternut squash to the pot and stir around to coat with the butter and onions.
  5. Pour in enough broth to cover everything (about 450-500 ml). If using unsalted broth, add 1/2 tsp salt too.
  6. Bring to a boil then turn to low heat. Cover with lid and simmer for about 15 minutes until squash is soft.
  7. Turn off heat and purée the soup with a mixer. If you don't have a mixer of some sort, try mashing it up as much as possible with a fork (it will be a chunky soup this way). Taste and adjust seasoning.
  8. Dish out into bowls and garnish with some chopped parsley and or toasted cumin! (To toast cumin, simply heat about 1/2 tsp in a dry frying pan for a few minutes until it smells good. Be careful not to burn).

In a dutch oven pot (or heavy pot), heat olive oil over medium heat. Add cut up butternut squash and vegetable broth. Put squash cubes, onion, and garlic cloves on a large rimmed baking sheet. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and drizzle oil over top. Use your hands to toss everything around so it's easily coated.

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