Recipe 15

 

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Recipe name and category:        Curried Butternut Squash Soup

 

No. of servings:                  4-6       

Preparation time:                           

 

Recipe ingredients and directions:

 

4 tbs                            sweet butter

2 cups                         finely chopped yellow onions

4-5 tsps                      curry powder

2 med sized               butternut squash (about 3 pounds)

2                                  apples, peeled, cored and chopped

3 cups                         chicken stock

1 cup                           apple juice

                                    salt and pepper to taste

1                                  Granny Smith apple, shredded unpeeled for garnish

 

  1. Melt the butter in a pot.  Add chopped onions and curry powder and cook, covered, over low heat until onions are tender, about 25 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile peel the squash (a regular vegetable peeler works best), scrape out the seeds, and chop the flesh.
  3.  When onions are tender, pour in the stock, add squash and apples, and bring to a boil.  Reduce heat and simmer, partially covered, until squash and apples are very tender, about 25 minutes.
  4. Pour the soup through a strainer, reserving liquid, and transfer the solids to the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade, or use a food mill fitted with a medium disc.  Add 1 cup of the cooking stock and process until smooth.
  5. Return puréed soup to the pot and add apple juice and additional cooking liquid, about 2 cups, until the soup is of the desired consistency.
  6. Season to taste with salt and pepper, simmer briefly to heat through, and serve immediately, garnished with shredded apple.

 

Recipe source:       The Silver Palate cookbook, by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins           

 

Recipe anecdote:   This soup is delicious served warm and garnished with some shredded green apple!  I have two daughters that went to FAIS, Meriwether, in 7th grade this year, and Margot who was in 8th grade last year at Gilkey and attended FAIS for 10 years!