Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

Submitted by pleiad7

"My favorite butternut squash soup recipe - the key to this recipe is the rich flavors from the caramelized onions and the roasted garlic."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 55mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 medium butternut squash, split and seeded
• 709.77 ml chicken stock
• 1 yellow onion, chopped
• 1 head garlic
• 10 leaf fresh sage, chopped
• 113.39 g butter
• salt and pepper

directions

1. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees farenheit. Rub or brush melted butter on the flesh side of the squash season liberally with salt and pepper. Place flesh side down on a cookie sheet into the oven. Roast approximately 1 hour or until soft and skin is blistering.
2. Remove the squash from the oven, flip over, and allow to cool to room temperature. Once cool, peel skin away from flesh, discard the skin.
3. While the squash is in the oven, cut the top off of the head of garlic, brush it with butter and wrap it in aluminum foil. Place in the oven and roast about 40 minutes or until the garlic is golden brown. Allow to cool, then squeeze the garlic out of the cloves, it should be a nice pasty consistency.
4. Take a large soup pot over medium-high heat and add the remaining butter; once the butter is melted add the onions. Allow the onions to cook until caramelized and golden brown.
5. Once the onions are a nice shade of brown (about 15 minutes) add the roasted squash. Stir together, warming the squash in the onions and butter. Add the roasted garlic, sage and chicken stock.
6. Allow to simmer for 30-40 minutes covered until the squash is well cooked in the broth.
7. Remove from heat, and in small batches blend in a blender (or you can use an immersion blender in the soup pot). Season with salt and pepper, divide into bowls and serve.

Reviews

[Mia in Germany]

Wonderful soup!! I halved the recipe, and the two of us ate the whole thing in one setting for dinner! The roasted garlic takes this to a whole new level. I added some more fresh sage for serving, and topped it with some roasted pepitas. Thanks for sharing!<br/>Made for PAC Spring 2014