Photo: Leigh Loftus
This weekend I bought myself a present and decided to immediately test it out on a big pot of soup, perfect for one of the first real, true fall afternoons where you really couldn’t wear flip flops because it was just too damn cold and the leaves are turning COLORS like yellow.
Photo: Leigh Loftus
Butternut Squash & Apple Soup
Author: Adapted from Real Simple
Recipe type: Cooking for a Crowd, Worknight Dinners
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Serves: 6-8
Ingredients
- 3½ pounds cubed butternut squash
- 2 large Gala apples, peeled, cored and chopped into dice-sized pieces
- 1 Tbsp. light butter
- 1 small white onion, chopped
- 2 tsp. minced garlic
- 4 ribs celery, chopped
- 2 large carrots, peeled and chopped
- 4 cups reduced-sodium vegetable broth (or homemade stock if you have on hand)
- Sage (as a garnish)
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat butter over medium-high and add carrots, celery, onion and garlic. Sautee until tender, then add chicken broth, squash and apples and let simmer about 20-30 minutes.
- Add spices and puree with hand blender (or in a traditioinl blender or food processor in batches) until smooth.
- Serve with a dollop of fat-free plain yogurt (pictured) or sour cream if desired.
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bodelou
October 8, 2012 at 12:43 pmsounds amazing.
dinner tomorrow. done!
Jessica
October 25, 2008 at 3:00 amThis looks delicious and I love your new design! E-mail me with her contact info. Sorry I’m a little late to the game on this.
Leslie
October 25, 2008 at 3:00 amI have an emersion blender on my Christmas list. Maybe Santa will be kind to me!
Thanks for your comment on my potato post!
Kalyn
October 25, 2008 at 3:00 amI don’t know how I could have ever cooked without an immersion blender. I love it. Your soup sounds delicious, and thanks for mentioning my squash cutting tutorial!
Anna
October 24, 2008 at 3:00 amI’ve never heard of this before. Thanks for sharing!
alexandra's kitchen
October 24, 2008 at 3:00 amLove emersion blenders! This soup sounds awesome. My mother recently made a sweet potato and pear soup that sounds very similar to this. I like the sound of butternut squash and apple better, however!