Claire’s Curried Butternut Squash Soup

Description

So easy and so perfect for fall, this one’s from the collection I created for my kiddo when she was a starving college student. I top it with toasted pumpkin seeds or curried almonds.

Ingredients

  • 1 butternut squash
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil, or as needed
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 shallot, minced
  • 2 tablespoons curry powder, or more to taste
  • 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
  • 1 apple, cored and chopped
  • 1 slice fresh ginger, minced
  • water to cover
  • 1 (14 ounce) can coconut milk
  • salt to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Pierce butternut squash and place on a baking sheet.
  2. Bake in the preheated oven until tender
  3. about 45 minutes. Allow squash to cool until easily handled; cut in half
  4. scoop the seeds
  5. peel
  6. and chop the flesh.
  7. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion and shallot until translucent
  8. about 10 minutes. Add curry powder and turmeric and cook until evenly coated
  9. about 2 minutes.
  10. Mix squash
  11. apple
  12. and ginger into onion mixture; add enough water to cover. Bring liquid to a boil
  13. reduce heat to medium-low
  14. and simmer until squash and apples are softened
  15. about 15 minutes. Mash soup using a potato masher or blend with an immersion blender until squash is broken up.
  16. Mix coconut milk and salt into soup and simmer until heated through
  17. about 3 minutes more.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Servings: 4

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