Butternut Squash & Apple Soup

Name: Butternut Squash & Apple Soup
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 slices bacon, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch pieces; 680 grams butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and cut into 1/2-inch pieces (3 1/2 to 4 cups); 1 carrot, chopped; 2 ribs celery ribs, chopped; 0 teaspoons cinnamon; 2 mediums Granny Smith apples (about 3/4 pound total); 473 milliliters reduced-sodium chicken stock or broth; 1 medium onion, chopped; 340 grams boiling potatoes; 8 servings Sour cream; 473 milliliters water

Butternut Squash & Apple Soup is a gluten free soup. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 8 servings with 198 calories, 6g of protein, and 10g of fat each. It will be a hit at your Autumn event. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 50 minutes. A mixture of bacon, butternut squash, potatoes, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious.

Instructions

Cook bacon in a 6-quart heavy pot over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp, then transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain, reserving 2 tablespoons fat in pot. (

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Add vegetable oil if your bacon is very lean and doesn't yield enough fat.)

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Cook celery, carrot, and onion in fat in pot over low heat, covered, stirring occasionally, until softened but not browned, 10 to 12 minutes.

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Celery

Onion

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Add cinnamon and cook, uncovered, stirring, 1 minute.

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Cinnamon

While vegetables are cooking, peel potatoes and coarsely chop. Peel and core 1 apple and coarsely chop.

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Potato

Apple

Stir squash, potato, chopped apple, stock, 2 cups water, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper into onion mixture, then simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are very tender, 15 to 20 minutes.

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Puree soup in 4 batches in a blender (use caution when blending hot liquids), then heat in cleaned pot over medium low heat, stirring occasionally. (

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Soup

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Add additional 1/2 cup water to thin, if necessary.)

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While soup is heating, cut enough of remaining apple into thin matchsticks (about 1 1/2-inches long) to measure about 1/2 cup.

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Apple

Soup

Serve soup topped with sour cream, bacon, and apple matchsticks.

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Sour Cream

Apple

Bacon

Soup

•Soup can be made 2 days ahead and chilled, covered once cooled.•Cooked bacon can be kept refrigerated in an airtight container. Reheat in a 375°F oven in a small baking pan.

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Cooked Bacon