Butternut Squash Soup
January 22, 2012
Modified from BonAppetite/Epicurious, 30 Min cooking time, serves 8.
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 large onion chopped
- 4 large garlic cloves minced.
Melt butter and saute onion & garlic 10 minutes (do not brown).
- 3 lbs butternut squash chopped into 1 ” cubes (or mix half buternut and half acorn squash)
- 1 dark flesh sweet potato or jewel yam – chopped 1″ cubes
- 1/4 tsp each of fresh Thyme and Sage minced.
- 5 1/2 -6 cups chicken broth.
Add squash, herbs & broth to sauteed onions, bring to boil, reduce heat to simmer, cook covered for 20 minutes.
- 1/4 cup whipping cream
- 2 tsp Sugar
Remove from heat, puree with hand held blender. Add whipping cream & sugar.