Butternut Squash Soup
From flowerfarmer 17 years agoIngredients
- 6 butternut squash shopping list
- 4 stalks celery shopping list
- 3 sweet onions ( I use Pennsylvania Simply Sweets) shopping list
- 1 leek shopping list
- 1 1/2 gallons chicken broth or base shopping list
- 2 Tbl. olive oil shopping list
- 2 Cups real maple syrup shopping list
- 1 tsp. cinnamon shopping list
- 1 Tbls. ground sage shopping list
- 1 tsp. gr. cloves shopping list
- 1 Cup butter, melted shopping list
- 2 C. flour shopping list
- 2 C. cream ( I used ff 1/2 & 1/2) shopping list
- salt & pepper to taste shopping list
- chutney base: 1 C. water shopping list
- 1/2 C. sugar shopping list
- 1Tbls. brandy shopping list
- 1 shallot, chopped shopping list
- 1 Tbls. vinegar shopping list
- 3 apples, diced shopping list
- 2 pears, diced shopping list
- 3 cinnamon sticks shopping list
- 1 jar chutney (optional) shopping list
How to make it
- Soup: Peel butternuts and cut into 2 inch pieces.
- Chop celery, onions and leek.
- Saute in large pot.
- When hot, saute all vegetables including squash for at least 10 minutes.
- Stir vegetables while adding chicken broth or base.
- Add maple syrup, cinnamon, sage & cloves.
- Cook for about 45 minutes on low heat till squash and vegetables are soft.
- While soup is reducing, put melted butter in a saute pan and slowly add flout until it becomes a thick past ( called Toux).
- Stir with a whisk to keep from burning.
- Add the Rouz slowly to the soup, as much as needed to give consistency.
- Let it coo with the soup for 8 - 10 minutes.
- Using a hand held mixer, blend soup.
- Add cream last.
- Salt & pepper to taste.
- Strain (I don't) and serve soup with the chutney.
- Chutney Base
- Using a saute pan, cook water and sugar until it becomes like carmel.
- Add brandy, chopped shallots and vinegar.
- Add diced apples and pears.
- Cook for 20 minutes, until apples and pears are soft.
- Add cinnamon sticks.
- Cool and add the jar of chutney to the base. (optional)
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