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    Roasted Butternut Squash Soup.

    I was making a roasted vegetable medley to go with our toad in the hole with new potato, butternut squash and carrots and i realised that there was a fair bit of flesh left attached to the thick, stiff skin of the squash.

    I had cut the squash into eighths and used a sharp knife to cut away strips of flesh but some adhered to the skin. In a moment of inspiration i popped the slices of skin onto a baking tray, brushed them with olive oil and stuck them in the oven at 200 for 15 minutes.

    When I took them out it was easy to remove the flesh from the skins with a spoon and I chopped them up quite finely, I ended up with about 3/4 of a cupful.

    Here is what I did then:

    Half an onion chopped
    chopped butternut squash
    knob of butter
    2/3 pint vegetable stock made from cubes.
    2 teaspoons honey
    teaspoon dried basil
    1 clove garlic

    I sauteed the onion in the butter in a deep saucepan for a few minutes until softened, then I added the squash and gently fried for 3-4 minutes before adding the garlic which I crushed and roughly chopped and the dried herbs.

    I let this cook for a further 2-3 minutes and added the honey, I let this heat through for another minute and added the stock. I turned the heat right down and simmered for 20 minutes before serving.

    It was absolutely delicious, in future I would however reduce the amount of garlic as it tasted a little too strong.

    I am going to be making this in batches and freezing for during those frosty winter evening.

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    that does sound good

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    We had Patatos and Butternet squwash with a bit of olive oil on roasted around the chicken the other day, umm that was noice. its a loverly veg to roast, or in soup.

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    I did roast parsnip, pumpkin and carrot soup the other day... that was yummy too.

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    I'd quite like to try this with pumpkin as well.

    I might have a soup making bug now
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    We put roasted peppers into ours. Nice, sweet and smoky. Cumin really goes well with butternut squash, sprinkle whole seeds over it before you stick it in the oven.
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    Re: Roasted Butternut Squash Soup.

    Considering it s Haloween, another good reciepe for now is this. Even for ME!....

    Just made this soup and its blooming gorgeous but i added some cayenne pepper from OiD's pumpkin soup reciepe...

    A worthwhile reciepe bump though

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    Re: Roasted Butternut Squash Soup.

    Woah!

    This is also good with some red lentils and chickpeas chucked in and then throw it in the blender, makes it a bit more substantial.

    Dried chillies are a must this time of year.
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    Re: Roasted Butternut Squash Soup.

    Quote Originally Posted by TiG View Post
    Considering it s Haloween, another good reciepe for now is this. Even for ME!....

    Just made this soup and its blooming gorgeous but i added some cayenne pepper from OiD's pumpkin soup reciepe...

    A worthwhile reciepe bump though

    TiG

    Yes Zak, TiG really eating vegetable soup!. (a rushed picture to prove)
    this is all lies...

    no WAY is the TiG-ster eating vegetables.

    I mean....this summer he accused Sair and I of not teling him about Salad Dressings, cos he'd never eaten a lettue leaf in his life until he fel across them

    Seriously though....there's a pumpkin in our kitchen, awaiting the Soup treatment...but I DO need to get enough time to make it first

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    Re: Roasted Butternut Squash Soup.

    I'd like to add to this Soup thread a little.

    If you have a small blender, with microwaveable jugs, here goes.

    Celery. 1 stick
    Stock cube (chiken or vegetable) one quarter of it
    water to cover the celery
    Stilton, one chunk


    Chop celery into bits, add water to cover in a small container, and microwave for 3 minutes. Add quarter of 1 stock cube, and bitz with blender.

    Add stilton, and microwave for 30 seconds

    Blitz

    Serve.

    I kid you not./...soup for 1 in under 5 minutes, healthy and fresh as a daisy

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    Re: Roasted Butternut Squash Soup.

    Interesting one Zak.

    I have an inherent distrust of celery however.

    Still might try this as it only takes 5 min

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