Roasted Squash Soup

Description

This soup is quite simple to make and is a good comfort food on a cold winter’s night.

Ingredients

• 1 ½ pounds butternut squash, halved and seeded
• 1 acorn squash, halved and seeded
• ½ small spaghetti squash, halved and seeded
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• 2 tart green apples – peeled, cored and chopped
• ⅔ cup sherry
• 5 cups vegetable broth
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Place the squash
3. cut side down
4. on baking sheets and roast for 45 minutes
5. or until flesh is soft. Scoop out the flesh into a large bowl.
6. In a medium saucepan over medium heat
7. melt the butter. Saute the onion
8. stirring frequently
9. for 5 minutes or until tender. Stir in the garlic
10. ginger and curry powder and cook 1 minute. Add the apples and sherry and simmer for 10 minutes
11. or until apples soften.
12. Puree batches of the squash flesh and broth in a food processor or blender. Transfer the squash puree to a large saucepan. Puree the apple/sherry mixture and stir into pureed squash.
13. Heat over medium heat and season with salt
14. pepper and cayenne
15. to taste.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Servings: 6