Another Butternut Squash Soup
I didn't have the cider or wine to make this soup, so I improvised with what I had, starting with half of the ginormous butternut squash I bought when the Gentleman was here.
Ingredients
1 onion some minced ginger (about a tablespoon) butter and oil for sautéeing the aromatics a handful of sage leaves, minced 1/2 of a large butternut squash, cubed (about 4 cups) 1 cup not-chicken broth about 4 cups of water (you can use more broth and less water, also some wine would be good, if you had any. You could also try beer or cider. I know cider is good; who knows about beer?) a splash of apple cider vinegar 2 apples, peeled and sliced 2 small potatoes, likewise salt, pepper, cinnamon, chili powder, to taste
Sautéed the chopped onion in about a tablespoon of butter with about a tablespoon of oil added, until it was nicely transparent. Added the minced ginger and chopped sage leaves. Added the stock, and the squash; decided I needed more liquid, so added about 4 cups of water (I cheated and added some powdered vegetable stock, too). While the squash was simmering I peeled and sliced the apples, then added them. Then the potatoes came in for the same treatment.
I went away and checked three pages of solutions while all that simmered, and came back to everything nice and mushy. Tasted and decided that it needed more zing, so added cinnamon, salt, pepper, and cider vinegar. Let it simmer more, then whizzed it in the food processor until everything was puréed.
Drizzled it with cream ('cause I had some in the 'fridge).
Worked. Yum.
Ingredients
Sautéed the chopped onion in about a tablespoon of butter with about a tablespoon of oil added, until it was nicely transparent. Added the minced ginger and chopped sage leaves. Added the stock, and the squash; decided I needed more liquid, so added about 4 cups of water (I cheated and added some powdered vegetable stock, too). While the squash was simmering I peeled and sliced the apples, then added them. Then the potatoes came in for the same treatment.
I went away and checked three pages of solutions while all that simmered, and came back to everything nice and mushy. Tasted and decided that it needed more zing, so added cinnamon, salt, pepper, and cider vinegar. Let it simmer more, then whizzed it in the food processor until everything was puréed.
Drizzled it with cream ('cause I had some in the 'fridge).
Worked. Yum.