Butternut Soup With Pears and Apples
photo by karen
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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7
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 3⁄4 cup chopped celery
- 4 cups cubed peeled butternut squash
- 1 3⁄4 cups water
- 1 cup chopped peeled braeburn apple
- 1 cup chopped peeled Anjou pear
- 1⁄2 cup apple juice
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can vegetable broth
- 1 bay leaf
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
directions
- Melt the butter in a large soup pot over medium-high heat.
- Add in onion and celery; stir/saute for 4 minutes or until tender.
- Add in squash and the next 8 ingredients; bring to a boil.
- Partially cover, lower heat, and simmer 30 minutes or until tender.
- Throw out bay leaf.
- Transfer half of squash mixture to the container of a blender or food processor; process until smooth.
- Pour puree into a bowl; repeat procedure with the remaining squash mixture.
- Return all puree mixture to soup pot; stir in syrup.
- Cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes or until well heated.
- **Could use stick blender in soup pot instead of pureeing in blender.
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Reviews
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I found this soup to be very bland and WAY TOO sweet. I left out the maple syrup altogether, and then tried to up the flavor by adding ginger, a little clove, and chicken stock instead of vegetable stock. It was still too sweet. Would probably make a nice small appetizer portion but for a meal the flavors are just not appropriate.
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Wonderful and healthy soup. Surprisingly easy too. Some people may find the maple flavor a little too strong, but I love maple so it was great to me. I followed the directions exactly except for leaving out the celery and using instant chicken stock instead of vegetable broth. I'll be making this one again. Made for My 3 Chefs. UPDATE: Made again for family dinner party. This time used homemade veggie stock and only 2 tbsp maple. Still great and liked by all.
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I found this soup to be very bland and WAY TOO sweet. I left out the maple syrup altogether, and then tried to up the flavor by adding ginger, a little clove, and chicken stock instead of vegetable stock. It was still too sweet. Would probably make a nice small appetizer portion but for a meal the flavors are just not appropriate.
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Wonderful and healthy soup. Surprisingly easy too. Some people may find the maple flavor a little too strong, but I love maple so it was great to me. I followed the directions exactly except for leaving out the celery and using instant chicken stock instead of vegetable broth. I'll be making this one again. Made for My 3 Chefs. UPDATE: Made again for family dinner party. This time used homemade veggie stock and only 2 tbsp maple. Still great and liked by all.