Description
Delicious soup with a taste of curry and a lime cream is just the right kind of complement. Spice it up with cayenne pepper. Add some cilantro, shrimp, or almonds.
Ingredients
- 1 butternut squash, halved and seeded
- 1 tablespoon olive oil, or as needed
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 2 cups vegetable broth
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- ½ cup sour cream
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 lime, zested
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
- Place butternut squash
- cut-side up
- on the prepared baking sheet. Coat the cut sides with olive oil; season with salt and pepper.
- Bake in the preheated oven until butternut squash is tender when pierced with a fork
- 45 minutes to 1 hour. Remove squash from oven and cool slightly
- about 10 minutes.
- Scoop flesh from roasted butternut squash and transfer to a saucepan; add broth
- garlic powder
- onion powder
- curry powder
- salt
- and pepper. Bring squash mixture to a simmer until flavors blend
- about 10 minutes.
- Pour squash mixture into a blender no more than half full. Cover and hold lid down; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend. Puree in batches until soup is smooth.
- Whisk sour cream
- lime juice
- and lime zest together in a bowl until lime cream is evenly mixed. Serve soup in bowls; top with a dollop of lime cream.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 55 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Servings: 4