Recipe: Oishi Simple Creamy Butternut Squash Soup For Vegan's Friend

Simple Creamy Butternut Squash Soup. This simple homemade butternut squash soup is the best I've ever tasted! It's super creamy (yet cream-less) and full of delicious roasted butternut flavor. Let's cozy up with a bowl of warm, creamy butternut squash soup.

Puree soup in a blender or food processor to ensure it's smooth and Place squash in saucepan along with carrots, onions and broth, then add in the salt. Puree soup in a blender or. Creamy Butternut Squash Soup is made with simple ingredients you probably have in your pantry and tastes so flavorful! You can Cook Simple Creamy Butternut Squash Soup using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Simple Creamy Butternut Squash Soup

1. What You needis 1 of small butternut squash (the smallest you can find is usually enough to make this recipe twice).
2. Lets Go Prepare 2 Tablespoons of butter plus 1 teaspoon olive oil.
3. Lets Go Prepare 2 cups of chopped leeks (light green and white parts only - remember to wash your leeks well!).
4. It's 1/2 of a medium onion, chopped into a 1/2-inch pieces.
5. What You needis 1 of medium carrot, halved lengthwise and cut into 1/2-inch pieces.
6. Lets Go Prepare 1 of stem celery, cut into 1/2-inch pieces.
7. It's 1 teaspoon of fresh thyme (or 1/3 to 1/2 teaspoon dried).
8. It's 2 cups of baked butternut squash.
9. It's 4 cups of unsalted chicken or vegetable stock.
10. It's 2 teaspoons of kosher salt to start.
11. What You needis 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper.
12. Lets Go Prepare of up to 1 teaspoon sugar if needed to lightly sweeten (some squashes are sweeter than others).
13. What You needis 1 cup of heavy whipping cream (you can use whole, lowfat, or nonfat milk - it'll be a little less rich and creamy, but still yummy).

It's made without heavy cream but is so creamy and takes only a few minutes to prep. You can make it even easier and use pre-cut butternut squash, this shortcut comes super. I used red squash (kabocha squash) for this squash soup, but you could use butternut squash which happens to be my favorite kind of squash, because. Cooked my butternut squash in the crock pot and it made scooping the seeds and meat simple!

Simple Creamy Butternut Squash Soup step by step

1. BAKING THE SQUASH: Preheat oven to 375F. Cut squash in half lengthwise, scoop out the pulp and seeds, place flesh side down on your sheet pan or baking sheet, and bake for 45 minutes or so until a fork or knife pierces all the way through the thickest part of the squash like a hot knife through butter..
2. NOW FOR THE SOUP: Put the butter and oil in a 4 or 5 quart pot and turn the heat to slightly higher than medium. When the butter is completely melted, add the aromatics (all the veg other than squash) and saute until the onions are translucent and the leeks and onions just begin to brown in parts (about 5 minutes)..
3. Add the thyme, butternut squash, stock, salt, pepper, and sugar and stir gently a few times to evenly distribute all the ingredients. Turn the heat up to medium high and bring soup to a gentle boil for 2 to 3 minutes..
4. Turn the heat down to medium low and simmer, with the lid on askew, for 25 minutes (or until a fork pierces the carrot pieces VERY easily - the carrots need to be this tender in order to get a really smooth, silky consistency to the final product), stirring occasionally and adjusting the heat down if necessary. (If you can scrape stuff off the bottom of the pot, your heat's too high.).
5. Stir in the cream, adjust seasoning if needed, and simmer, uncovered, for another 5 minutes..
6. Blend the soup until it's a smooth, velvety consistency. If you have a stick blender, that's the easiest way to go, but if you're using a regular blender, blend 3 cups at a time, starting at a very low setting for the first 5 seconds to avoid splatter and then turn up to the puree setting for 20 seconds or so..
7. Enjoy!.

Then I just puréed everything in my blender and put it in a What I like even more is that this soup has a thick, creamy consistency, without using fatty creams like most other butternut squash soup recipes. This Butternut Squash Soup recipe is creamy and delicious, without being loaded up with heavy cream. It's easy to prepare, and the incredible flavor of the butternut squash really shines. I'd like to think this is the most elegant version of butternut squash soup out there. Cream cheese is added for a creamy, simple, flavorful soup.